He Was Not Only A Bore; He

On Television I Feel Like A Man Playing Piano In A Brothel; Every Now And Again He Solaces Himself By Playing 'abide With Me' In The Hope Of Edifying Both The Clients And The Inmates

I Think It [presidency Of Dwight Eisenhower] Came Too Late And I Think That He Is Not On The Wavelength Of This Dreadful Time Through Which We're Living.

It Is Only Possible To Succeed At Second-rate Pursuits - Like Becoming A Millionaire Or A Prime Minister, Winning A War, Seducing Beautiful Women, Flying Through The Stratosphere, Or Landing On The Moon. First-rate Pursuits - Involving, As They Must, Trying To Understand What Life Is About And Trying To Convey That Understanding - Inevitably Result In A Sense Of Failure. A Napoleon, A Churchill, Or A Roosevelt Can Feel Himself To Be Successful, But Never A Socrates, A Pascal, Or A Blake. Understanding Is Forever Unattainable.

There's A Large Strain Of Irony In Our Human Affairs... Interwoven With Our Affairs Is This Wonderful Spirit Of Irony Which Prevents Us From Ever Being Utterly And Irretrievably Serious, From Being Unaware Of The Mysterious Nature Of Our Existence.

I Simply Make This Point, That The Monarchy In So Far, As It Is Identified With What Is, In My Opinion, An Obsolete Class Structure, Is Making A Mistake, And The Task Of Those Who Are Responsible For The Conduct Of The Monarchical Institution Is To Detach It From That Class Structure.