Success always demands a greater effort.

Success always demands a greater effort.

We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.

At one side of the palette there is white, at the other black; and neither is ever used neat.

Praise the humanities, my boy. That'll make them think you're broadminded!

Science should be on tap, not on top.

On 17th July there came to us at Potsdam the eagerly-awaited news of the trial of the atomic bomb in the [New] Mexican desert. Success beyond all dreams crowded this sombre, magnificent venture of our American allies. The detailed reports ... could leave no doubt in the minds of the very few who were informed, that we were in the presence of a new factor in human affairs, and possessed of powers which were irresistible.