"We don't know something called elections in Libya. We are a muslim country. We don't know something called colonialism and political parties."

“Wit, without wisdom, is salt without meat; and that is but a comfortless dish to set a hungry man down to.”

Source : George Horne (1818). “The works of the Right Reverend George Horne ...: to which are prefixed memoirs of his life, studies, and writings”, p.421

“It's sad but true that if you focus your attention on housework and meal preparation and diapers, raising children does start to look like drudgery pretty quickly. On the other hand, if you see yourself as nothing less than your child's nurturer, role model, teacher, spiritual guide, and mentor, your days take on a very different cast.”

“Yes there is a little group of soccer aficionados, but I am not one of them.”

Source : Interview with Robert Birnbaum, themorningnews.org. July 6, 2006.

“A book should be made like a watch and sold like a sausage.”

“Sometimes words are not enough. There are some circumstances so utterly wretched that I cannot describe them in sentences or paragraphs or even a whole series of books.”

“A man is not much if he can't depend on himself, and nothing if others can't depend on him.”

“I can foresee no circumstance in which I would allow my name to be put forward for the leadership of the Conservative Party.”

“The North isn't a place. It's just a direction out of the South.”