I get fed up with all this nonsense of ringing people up and lighting cigarettes and answering the doorbell that passes for action in so many modern plays.

There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.

My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on a pen does. A fountain pen, of course. Ball-point pens are only good for filling out forms on a plane.

Hate is a lack of imagination.

Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and simple, however cruel; our worst enemies are the intelligent and corrupt

Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it: innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.

Innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.

A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead.

A single feat of daring can alter the whole conception of what is possible.

Sweet are the thoughts that savor of content: the quiet mind is richer than a crown.

People who like quotes love meaningless generalizations

Usually, meaning tends to find you, in the middle of the night, and when you least expect it.

I read somewhere that every life is the story of a single mistake, and then what happens after.

Arrogance is trying to convince others you're more than who they know you are.

Our priorities require that all children of Palestine, men and women, be ready for conflict, both from the standpoint of training and from the standpoint of armament.

Every individual should be expressing themselves, whether a politician or a minister or a policeman.

To be in good moral condition requires at least as much training as to be in good physical condition.

There can be no substitute for work, neither affection nor physical well-being can replace it.

Security is no replacement for liberty.

Britain is an open and tolerant country.

Children who know they are loved, know they have a purpose, and know they have a hope are prepared for anything this world wants to dish up.