Experience is in the fingers and head. The heart is inexperienced.
Most of us can remember a time when a birthday - especially if it was one's own - brightened the world as if a second sun has risen.
I sometimes suspect that half our difficulties are imaginary and that if we kept quiet about them they would disappear.
Knowledge is power only if man knows what facts not to bother with.
When the last Puritan has disappeared from the earth, the man of science will take his place as a killjoy, and we shall be given the same old advice but for different reasons.
[History is] the story of the magnificent rear-guard action fought during several thousand years by dogma against curiosity.
The telephone is the greatest nuisance among conveniences, the greatest convenience among nuisances.
Brothers and sisters, friends and enemies: I just can't believe that everyone in here is a friend and I don't want to leave anybody out.
Giving with the intention of receiving really isn't giving, it's trading.
There is a reciprocal respect for [ Elizabeth II], for her interest in the Commonwealth. The members of the Commonwealth recognise that here is a genuine interest from the top. So, that's one reason. I'm not putting it necessarily in order of importance.
With regard to testimony from various experts, there was pro and con. The argument was very articulately made that many provinces allow mature minors - minors capable of making the decision - to make decisions on their own treatment in very serious cases, including cancer. They are given the right to ask for medical treatment to be withheld, so long as they understand.