I pass with relief from the tossing sea of Cause and Theory to the firm ground of Result and Fact.

Un pesimista ve la dificultad en cada oportunidad; un optimista ve una oportunidad en cada dificultad

I wonder whether any other generation has seen such astounding revolutions of data and values as those through which we have lived. Scarcely anything material or established which I was brought up to believe was permanent and vital, has lasted. Everything I was sure or taught to be sure was impossible, has happened.

It is a fine game to play - the game of politics - and it is well worth waiting for a good hand before really plunging.

There is no sphere of human thought in which it is easier to show superficial cleverness and the appearance of superior wisdom than in discussing questions of currency and exchange

Nothing is more dangerous in wartime than to live in the temperamental atmosphere of a Gallup Poll, always feeling ones pulse and taking ones temperature. I see that a speaker at the week-end said that this was a time when leaders should keep their ears to the ground. All I can say is that the British nation will find it very hard to look up to leaders who are detected in that somewhat ungainly posture.

Some civil servants are neither servants nor civil.