Can there be a more lamentable picture than that of a Chancellor of the Exchequer seated on an empty chest by a pool of bottomless deficiency fishing for a budget?
God exists, though He defies reason.
The world can never be in the state of right order, strong government, and good influence unless London is truly and literally established as its capital.
The world exists to let Man philosophize.
The pearl whose possession separates man from beast, the pearl which is the rarest find - the best among virtues - is forgiveness.
The worst mockery God can make of a moralist is that He compels him to be a solipsist.
An idealistic lover is a blind lover, and therefore a true lover; a pragmatic lover is a sighted lover, and therefore a false lover.
I have no intention of retiring. Even my blood sugar is better when I'm working.
We do everything humanly possible, consistent with military necessity, taking many chances to avoid civilian casualties, at all costs.
The United Nations would probably have to rest on two pillars: one constituted by an assembly of equal executive representatives of individual countries, resembling the present plenary, and the other consisting of a group elected directly by the globe's population in which the number of delegates representing individual nations would, thus, roughly correspond to the size of the nations.
I'm very happy to be directing though. It's a challenge, and it's a lot of fun for me to be on set.