For me, fiscal realism is not a betrayal of Labour values; it is the foundation by which we win the trust of the public.
To the scientist there is the joy in pursuing truth which nearly counteracts the depressing revelations of truth.
A vision of truth which does not call upon us to get out of our armchair - why, this is the desideratum of mankind.
In order to dream, you need to have a springboard which is the facts... It gives it that touch of reality, and I think that's quite important... truth with fiction.
Nobody: Things which are alike, in nature, grow to look alike.
Adenoid Hynkel: [in the middle of a speech in which he rants in "German"] Phooey!
Creasy: There is no such thing as tough. There is trained and untrained. Now which are you?
Robert Angier: Which hat is mine? Nikola Tesla: They are all your hat, Mr. Angier.
Saamiya Siddiqui: [about Veer and Zaara] Which era do these two belong to?
The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none.
I did the thing with bonds, which was about 30 million dollars, and didn't get none of the money on them.
Banks are an almost irresistible attraction for that element of our society which seeks unearned money.
The only film I ever made for money was something called 'Music From Another Room', which I really didn't like.
I hate when people call me a socialite because you have to have money to be a socialite, which I don't have.
Of all those arts in which the wise excel, Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well.
Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.
Is there some principal of nature which states that we never know the quality of what we have until it is gone?
Nature puts no question and answers none which we mortals ask. She has long ago taken her resolution.
Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.
Challenging the integrity of the non-proliferation regime is a matter which can affect international peace and security.
To realise belatedly that there are Swahili epic poems which rival their European equivalents for sweep and power has been exciting.
