I have, indeed, no abhorrence of danger, except in its absolute effect – in terror.

I’m not an expert on the arms race.

It is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad.

Primate and elephant and even pig societies show considerable evidence of care for others, parent-child bonding, solidarity in the face of danger, and so on.

For, if a good speaker, never so eloquent, does not see into the fact, and is not speaking the truth of that – is there a more horrid kind of object in creation?

An economist’s guess is liable to be as good as anybody else’s.

The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.

At ev’ry word a reputation dies.

‚Tis best to weigh the enemy more mighty than he seems.

The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and danger. The world will either move forward toward unity and widely shared prosperity – or it will move apart.

In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.

The man who promises everything is sure to fulfil nothing, and everyone who promises too much is in danger of using evil means in order to carry out his promises, and is already on the road to perdition.

The story as told in The Odyssey doesn’t hold water. There are too many inconsistencies.

There are two bowlers who I think are very tough to play against – Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel.

In the last analysis, what we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do.

Iraq is no diversion. It is a place where civilization is taking a decisive stand against chaos and terror, we must not waver.

Women. They are a complete mystery.

For all right judgment of any man or things it is useful, nay, essential, to see his good qualities before pronouncing on his bad.

John F. Kennedy was the victim of the hate that was a part of our country. It is a disease that occupies the minds of the few but brings danger to the many.

Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable.

Hesitation increases in relation to risk in equal proportion to age.

Worth seeing? Yes; but not worth going to see.

I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning.

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.

This administration is going to be cussed and discussed for years to come.

Immigration laws are the only laws that are discussed in terms of how to help people who break them.

Vulnerability is not weakness. And that myth is profoundly dangerous.

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life – knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.

I have not written in vain if I have heretofore done anything towards diminishing the reputation of the Renaissance landscape painting.

The lady doth protest too much, methinks.

His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed moral bankruptcy.

An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.

Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent.

I’m the first to admit this whole salary thing is getting out of control. In the final analysis, it’s still about the work.

The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read.

We dissect failure a lot more than we dissect success.

In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin.

The prescription for endless war poses a far greater danger to Americans than perceived enemies do, for reasons the terrorist organisations understand very well.

The United States and our allies are determined: we refuse to live in the shadow of this ultimate danger.

There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.

I believe the Republicans have never thought that democracy was anything but a tribal myth.

Never was anything great achieved without danger.

The real danger is not inaction. The real danger is when politicians and CEOs are making it look like action is happening when in fact nothing is being done.

The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.

Corruption is one of the most common reasons I hear in views that criticize aid.

There is no just and serene criticism as yet.

History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes.

Power when wielded by abnormal energy is the most serious of facts.

Romcoms are hard in a lot of ways: they’re built to be buoyant. It’s easy to demean them.

Truth is weirder than any fiction I’ve seen.

It has not yet become obvious to me that there’s no real problem. I cannot define the real problem; therefore, I suspect there’s no real problem, but I’m not sure there’s no real problem.

It is absolutely impossible to transcend the laws of nature. What can change in historically different circumstances is only the form in which these laws expose themselves.

I can express all my views on the slavery question by quotations from Henry Clay.

Analysis is like a lobotomy. Who wants to have all their edges shaved off?

In the last analysis, even the best man is evil: in the last analysis, even the best woman is bad.

If you look at ‚Blade Runner,‘ it’s been cut sixteen ways from Sunday, and there are all kinds of different versions of it.

Experts often possess more data than judgment.

History, a distillation of rumour.

Two days after the Boston marathon bombings, there was a drone strike in Yemen attacking a peaceful village, which killed a target who could very easily have been apprehended. But, of course, it is just easier to terrorise people. The drones are a terrorist weapon; they not only kill targets but also terrorise other people.

The reactionary is always willing to take a progressive attitude on any issue that is dead.

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.