At the core of the European Union must be, as it is now, the single market. Britain is at the heart of that Single Market, and must remain so.
The things that one most wants to do are the things that are probably most worth doing.
Teachers have power. We may cripple them by petty economics; by Government regulations, by the foolish criticism of an uninformed press; but their power exists for good or evil.
the ruder lecturers are, and the louder their voices, the more converts they make to their opinions.
Remorse. . . is one of the many afflictions for which time finds a cure.
The greatest mercy, I have often thought, of the Mediterranean coast lies in its mosquitoes. Did we not suffer from their unwelcome attention, we could not bear our holidays to end.
Everybody's tragedy is somebody's nuisance.
I don't like to see facts twisted, untruths fabricated to give the [Supreme Court] nominee a black eye, even before he comes before Senate committee.
People are timid. They don't take chances. Naturally, they're bound. They are afraid of the light. They are afraid of their own power. In the land of willpower, anything is possible.
Into every sunny life a little rain must fall.
Who of us does not recognize that the life we live, however larded with brave talk about values and thought and ideals, is not actually a life dedicated to immersion in the endless torrent of images, songs, sounds and stories?