The cat does more for the war effort than you do. He acts as a hot-water bottle and saves fuel and power.

English literature is a glorious inheritance which is open to all - there are no barriers, no coupons, and no restrictions. In the English language and in its great writers there are great riches and treasures, of which, of course, the Bible and Shakespeare stand along on the highest platform.

Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.

We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.

After a time, civil servants tend to become no longer servants and no longer civil.

If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.

If you put two economists xin a room, you get two opinions, unless one of them is Lord Keynes, in which case you get three opinions.