I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When this war is over I shall confine myself entirely to writing and painting.

If Britain must choose between Europe and the open sea, she must always choose the open sea.

I do not wonder that British youth is in revolt against the morbid doctrine that nothing matters but the equal sharing of miseries; that what used to be called the submerged tenth can only be rescued by bringing the other nine-tenths down to their le.

There is a good saying to the effect that when a new book appears one should read an old one. As as author I would not recommend too strict an adherence to this saying.

I never slept as soundly as the night following Pearl Harbor. For I knew that The American Race would now be entering the war and it would never be the same.

However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.