"It's a matter of how the bullpen looks as to whether Bell goes in there or Crow goes in there. Bell won't be ready for a start for another 10 days."

“Your personality as the prime minister feeds through to what you emphasise, and what you don't, how you'll handle a situation - whether you've got the combination of intelligence or instincts to adapt and to make good decisions.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

“Walking out in the middle of a funeral would be, of course, bad form. So attempting to walk out on one's own was beyond the pale.”

“My elaboration of the story always conforms to the reality at its source. It is always close to the world, the life, the reality it describes. No matter where I go, I’m still holding up a mirror.”

“That accurst autobiographic form which puts a premium on the loose, the improvised, the cheap, and the easy.”

“the old fellow seemed to spot deceit as if it reeked like a goat.”

Source : Margery Allingham (2015). “The Tiger in the Smoke”, p.85, Ipso Books

“High sticking, tripping, slashing, spearing, charging, hooking, fighting, unsportsmanlike conduct, interference, roughing......everything else is just figure skating.”

“I hate being ignored.”

“A natural disaster in one American city is a natural disaster in every American city, including Fresno and, for that matter, every city and small town in the San Joaquin Valley,”