When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone.

Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.

The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.

How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.

Any product that needs a manual to work is broken.

Children are a wonderful gift. They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things and to expose sham and humbug for what they are.

Keep things at arm's length... If you let anything come too near you want to hold on to it. And there is nothing a man can hold on to.

My government will be open. Anyone found guilty of corruption will be dealt with in accordance with the law. If you are corrupt you will have to hang your boots.

The thing I lose patience with the most is the clock. Its hands move too fast

Courage is grace under pressure.

I've had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn't it.

If information and knowledge are central to democracy, they are the conditions for development.

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.

If a little is great, and a lot is better, then way too much is just about right!

Everyone is born a genius, but the process of living de-geniuses them.

I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.

He who surpasses or subdues mankind must look down on the hate of those below.

In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director

In the increasingly convincing darkness the words become palpable, like a fruit that is too beautiful to eat.