The salvation of the common people of every race and of every land from war or servitude must be established on solid foundations and must be guarded by the readiness of all men and women to die rather than submit to tyranny.

I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.

The reservist is twice the citizen.

Decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, adamant for drift, solid for fluidity, all-powerful to be impotent.

Science should be on tap, not on top.

I did not like the man [Niels Bohr] when you showed him to me, with his hair all overhis head.

Of all the small nations of this earth, perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind.