America, can always be counted upon to do the right thing in the end, having first exhausted the available alternatives.

Give me the facts, and I will twist them the way I want, to suit my argument.

Just to paint is great fun. The colours are lovely to look at and delicious to squeeze out. Matching them, however crudely, with what you see is fascinating and absolutely absorbing.

We make our buildings, and then our buildings make and shape us.

In war, truth is often the first casualty.

Churchill says the Government had to choose between war and shame. They chose shame. They will get war, too.

When I find a ladybug I ask the butler to take it outside instead of killing it.