I feel like an aeroplane at the end of its flight, in the dusk, with the petrol running out, in search of a safe landing.

I am a sporting man. I always like to give trains and aeroplanes a fair chance of getting away.

There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion.

The maxim of the British people is 'business as usual.'

There are two kinds of success-initial and ultimate.

If we could get out of this jam by giving up Malta and Gibraltar and some African colonies I would jump at it. But the only safe way is to convince Hitler that he cannot beat us.

When a new book appears one should read an old one.