"The good Lord was good to me. He gave me a strong body, a good right arm, and a weak mind."

“Smoking crack is a way for people who couldn't afford college to study the works of Charles Darwin.”

“The measure of an enthusiasm must be taken between interesting events. It is between bites that the lukewarm angler loses heart.”

“I cannot separate the finances of India from those of England. If the finances of the Indian Government receive any severe and irreparable check, will not the resources of England be called upon to meet the emergency, and to supply the deficiency?”

“The soldier is summoned to a life of active duty and so is the Christian.”

“A photographer must be prepared to catch and hold on to those elements which give distinction to the subject or lend it atmosphere.”

Source : Bill Brandt (1993). “Bill Brandt: Selected Texts & Bibliography”, MacMillan Publishing Company

“I really love good food occasionally, but I need time to enjoy it, and I need to be hungry.”

Source : "Clare Balding: 'It's unfashionable to be as shamelessly enthusiastic as I am'". Interview with Andrew Anthony, www.theguardian.com. December 8, 2012.

“The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists.”

Source : "Marx, Marshall and Keynes" (1955)

“Freedom is only granted us that obedience may be more perfect.”