We must be very careful not to assign this deliverance the attributes of a victory. Wars are not won by evacuations

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

Hence we will not say that Greeks fight like heroes, but heroes fight like Greeks.

Writing a long and substantial book is like having a friend and companion at your side, to whom you can always turn for comfort and amusement, and whose society becomes more attractive as a new and widening field of interest is lighted in the mind.

Danger, if met head on, can be nearly halved

It is better to be making the news than taking it, to be an actor rather than a critic.

Most of the significant contributions that have been made to society have been made by people who were tired.