My main mission when I became Prime Minister, was to keep Singapore going and Singapore has been kept going. So, I'm happy with what I've done for Singapore.

Retrenchment is good for singapore. If there is no retrenchments, then I worry.

I wanted to become a writer. I enjoyed reading as a child.

If we require some kind of sign, or "proof, " for our belief in God, then we believe, or place our tust, not in God but in the sign or proof.

In order to reach our goals we sometimes need a plan B. Other times we go all the way through to plan Z.

It is a luxury to do something that serves no practical purpose: the luxury of civilization.

Life is the farce which everyone has to perform.

At college age, you can tell who is best at taking tests and going to school, but you can't tell who the best people are. That worries the hell out of me.

Miracle: An event described by those to whom it was told by men who did not see it.

I hope,” he replies softly, “to get to know you again. If you are open to it. There is a fog around you that I would like to clear away.

Americans will quarrel over how, who, or what to rescue or save, but the idea that the nation ought to be off doing it is challenged only by a few.

It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained-glass window.

I will obey my soul and be true to that within me which is highest.