What people want, mainly, is to be told by some plausible authority that what they are already doing is right. I don't know know of a quicker way to become unpopular than to disagree.

It's common platitude that knowledge is neutral but every now and then it would be useful if it was on your side and not theirs.

Flawed genius is better than flawless talent.

She would let a speeding automobile hit her to show them all how unloved she was.

I suppose a suicide who holds a pistol to his skull feels much the same wonder at what will come next as I felt then.

Loving you is loosing my soul, I was in a lost battle, Death at my door, A dog in a backyard feels for my pain, Beer in a broken bottle wet paint and rain.

Education is an admirable thing but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

People say that the most expensive piece of medical equipment is the doctor's pen. It's not that we make all the money. It's that we order all the money.

Part of courage is simple consistency.

Trying to conserve a privileged global position makes change traumatic for the US.

Power expands through the distribution of secrecy.

I think it [Brexit] is wonderful.We've got to decide in this country who we are.We made a momentous decision.It's a bit like a prison break.