Who ordained that a few should have the land of Britain as a perquisite, who made 10,000 people owners of the soil and the rest of us trespassers in the land of our birth?

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.

There is no conscience in a real war.

He was humbled by her infinite love toward him - it shone through even in his afterlife.

Music became a healer for me. And I learned to listen with all my being. I found that it could wipe away all the emotions of fear and confusion relating to my family.

Fear builds walls to bar the light.

Before you consult your fancy, consult your purse.

You have to fight for your dream, but you also have to feel fortunate for what you have.

Pharisaism is not a degeneration in a good man: a large portion of it is rather the condition of all being-good.

Some people underestimate how erotic it is to be understood.

In The Interestings I wanted to write about what happens to talent over time. In some people talent blooms, in others it falls away.

Complacency is a state of mind that exists only in retrospective: it has to be shattered before being ascertained.