Whenever the Germans found the Canadian Corps coming into the line they prepared for the worst.

The finest eloquence is that which gets things done.

Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.

If the people really knew [the truth] the war would be stopped tomorrow. But of course they don't know and can't know.

What is our task? To make Britain a fit country for heroes to live in.

We are fighting Germany, Austria and drink, and as far as I can see, the greatest of these three deadly foes is drink.

If you want to succeed in politics you must keep your conscience firmly under control.

The world is becoming like a lunatic asylum run by lunatics.

There is nothing so fatal to character as half finished tasks.

He has sat on the fence so long that the iron has entered his soul.

The man who tries to make the flag an object of a single party is a greater traitor to that flag than any man who fires at it.

Words do not always need a destination.We can leave them behind us at the borders of feelings.Running around headless in the vague zone.And that is the privilege of artists: to live in confusion.

We are a motley bunch. But we more than make up for it with tenacity." ~ Ralston to Simon

Always being myself and my salve, which is life. I’m not lonely, if that’s what it seems like. Always writing things down.

Self-rejection is the biggest sin that you commit

Simplicity starts in the heart, away from negativity and pessimism.

How accurately can the law fix the crime? There has to be a mechanism for very fast action. The law is like this: catch them and punish them.

Pop culture is great, but it can be bad, at times.

Impatience is a poor substitute for a well-considered plan.

And yet more bright Shines out the Julian star, As moon outglows each lesser light. [Lat., Micat inter omnes Iulium sidus, velut inter ignes Luna minores.]

To fly, we must have resistance.