The only reason that they say, 'Women and children first' is to test the strength of the lifeboats.
[I] learnt, for the first time, the joys of substituting hard, disciplined study for the indulgence of day-dreaming.
[There is no shortage of scientific talent. ] But [I am] much less optimistic about the managerial vision [of the pharmaceutical industry] to catalyse these talents to deliver the results we all want.
I met Hilary Vaughan at a Student Ball in 1944 and we married in the summer of 1946, as soon as I graduated.
I wish I had my beta-blockers handy.
Apart from two periods of intense study, of music between the ages of 12 and 14 and of mathematics between the ages of 14 and 16, I coasted, daydreaming, through most of my school years.
We paid off our debts, we learned some, made friends and returned in 1950 with a larger view of life. I had, however, no home, no income of any kind and no prospects whatsoever.
None pities him that is in the snare, who warned before, would not beware.
I was a window dresser for Burton's once. What really put me off was the area manager coming round and saying, Charles, I think you're a natch at this.
How to make a million dollars: First, get a million dollars
Life grows relative to one’s investment in it.