Forth from his dark and lonely hiding-place, (Portentous sight!) the owlet Atheism, sailing on obscene wings athwart the noon, drops his blue-fringed lids, and holds them close, and hooting at the glorious sun in Heaven, cries out, Where is it?

A Foreign Secretaryand this applies also to a prospective Foreign Secretaryis always faced with this cruel dilemma. Nothing he can say can do very much good, and almost anything he may say may do a great deal of harm. Anything he says that is not obvious is dangerous; whatever is not trite is risky. He is forever poised between the cliche and the indiscretion.

Harold MacMillan

St. Teresa of Avila described our life in this world as like a night at a second-class hotel.

Malcolm Muggeridge

I live my life trying to never appear to be a small man.

Julius Irving

Rarely in modern times has there been such a revolution in commercial sentiment as occurred in 2008, or such a display in government and business of panic and helplessness.

James Buchan

Disappointment came to me,and booted me,and bruised and hurt me,but that's how people grow up.

Morrissey

If you are foe, we do not fear you. If you are friend, your foes will be taught the fear of us.

C.S. Lewis

Let me die the moment my love dies. Let me not outlive my own capacity to love. Let me die still loving, and so, never die.

Mary Zimmerman

A man's character is his guardian divinity.

Heraclitus

When a husband is embraced without affection, there must be some reason for it.

Hitopadesa

What I respect as far as in myself and in others is the spirit of just doing it. For better or worse, it may work and it may not, but I'm going to go for it. Ultimately I probably prefer to be respected for that than whether it works out or not, either winning or losing.

Hugh Jackman

I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member.

Groucho Marx

When I can't handle events, I let them handle themselves.

Henry Ford