Where there is a great deal of free speech there is always a certain amount of foolish speech.

What does all this stuff about flying saucers amount to? What can it mean? What is the truth?

I never worry about action, but only inaction.

It is a curious fact about British Islanders, who hate drill and have not been invaded for nearly a thousand years, that as danger comes nearer and grows they become progressively less nervous; when it is imminent the are fierce, when it is mortal they are fearless.

Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with it is a toy and an amusement. Then it becomes a mistress, then it becomes a master, then it becomes a tyrant. The last phase is that just as you are about to be reconciled to your servitude, you kill the monster and fling him to the public.

One man with conviction will overwhelm a hundred who have only opinions.

Preparation is - if not the key to genius - then at least the key to sounding like a genius.