Writing is an adventure.

The only traditions of the Royal Navy are rum, sodomy and the lash.

We must be united, we must be undaunted, we must be inflexible. Our qualities and deeds must burn and glow through the gloom oEurope until they become the veritable beacon oits salvation.

Never give in, never! Be it concerning large things or small things, never, never, never!

It was my ambition all of my life to be master of the spoken word.

We know enough to be sure that the scientific achievements of the next fifty years will be far greater, more rapid, and more surprising, than those we have already experienced. ... Wireless telephones and television, following naturally upon the their present path of development, would enable their owner to connect up to any room similarly equipped and hear and take part in the conversation as well as if he put his head in through the window.

If you simply take up the attitude of defending a mistake, there will no hope of improvement.