Any departure from fact is the first step on a slippery slope toward unbelievability.

The children will not leave unless I do. I shall not leave unless their father does, and the King will not leave the country in any circumstances whatever.

These wretched babies don't come until they are ready.

Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare.

I'm glad we've been bombed. It makes me feel I can look the East End in the face.

Your work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.