"People feel that decisions about their jobs, the way their children are educated, how their church functions, and products they buy are made by someone and some place so distant that they can't find anybody to talk to that has any influence over them."

“Acting can be so much fun that it's easy to forget that what you're doing is a job. But if I've got my tie on, I'm going to work.”

“Physical training is mental warfare!”

“Statesmanship is harder than politics. Politics is the art of getting along with people, whereas statesmanship is the art of getting along with politicians.”

“I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material, so rewriting is hard for me. I mean, I already know the story and would rather read something new.”

“To obtain something, something of equal value must be lost.”

Source : "Fictional character: Narrator". "Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood", 2009-2010.

“The right hon. Gentleman will be known for ever as the only Chancellor in the post-war period who brought this country to the brink of bankruptcy.”

“He who never makes a mistake never makes anything. It's part of learning the job.”

Source : Joseph Delaney (2015). “Seventh Son: The Spook's Apprentice Film Tie-in”, p.127, Random House

“Prosperity is like perfume, it often makes the head ache.”