To vote is like the payment of a debt, a duty never to be neglected, if its performance is possible.

Unjust attacks on public men do them more good than unmerited praise.

The truth is, this being errand boy to one hundred and fifty thousand people tires me so by night I am ready for bed instead of soirees.

The President of the United States should strive to be always mindful of the fact that he serves his party best who serves his country best.

Obviously there's something very seductive about movies, which can be attractive in a bad way if you're doing them for the wrong reasons - for money, or for fame.

My subjects were maths and physics. I truly appreciate the value in sciences, but understand the difficulty finding and retaining teachers for these subjects, especially when most of my Imperial cohort ended up as management consultants or in finance.

For market discipline to constrain risk effectively, financial institutions must be allowed to fail. Under optimal financial regulatory and financial system infrastructures, such a failure would not threaten the overall system.

It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.