There comes into the life of every man a task for which he and he alone is uniquely suited. What a shame if that moment finds him either unwilling or unprepared for that which would become his finest hour.

I do not admit... that a great wrong has been done to the Red Indians of America, or the black people of Australia... by the fact that a stronger race, a higher grade race... has come in and taken its place.

Curse ruthless time! Curse our mortality. How cruelly short is the allotted span for all we must cram into it!

I get my exercise being a pallbearer for those of my friends who believed in regular running and calisthenics.

Science bestowed immense new powers on man, and at the same time, created conditions which were largely beyond his comprehension.

Mr. Attlee is a very modest man. Indeed he has a lot to be modest about.

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.