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

“What do you want to be a sailor for? There are greater storms in politics than you will ever find at sea. Piracy, broadsides, blood on the decks. You will find them all in politics.”

“A politician is a person with whose politics you don't agree if you agree with him he's a statesman.”

“There are no credentials. They do not even need a medical certificate. They need not be sound either in body or mind. They only require a certificate of birth -just to prove they are first of the l...”

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

“Every man has a House of Lords in his own head. Fears prejudices misconceptions - those are the peers and they are hereditary.”

“Justice is the only worship.Love is the only priest.Ignorance is the only slavery.Happiness is the only good.The time to be happy is now,The place to be happy is here,The way to be happy is to make...”

“Be a good human.”

“Our country in general assumes that "the pursuit of happiness" really means "the pursuit of pleasure" and that therefore pleasure is the greatest good.”

“For me, the two weeks between Christmas and Twelfth Night have come to be reserved for desultory reading. The pressure of the holiday is over, the weather outside is frightful, there are lots of le...”

“Frank Capra's grandson was a second Assistant Director on 'Christmas Vacation.'”

“I'd like to dial it back 5% or 10% and try to have a vacation that's not just e-mail with a view.”

“I am the perfect version of me.”

“But if you tame me, then weshall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, Ishall be unique in all the world.”

“I don't want the world to keep turning without me on it.”