“A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on …” — Theodore Roosevelt

The one thing I want to leave my children is an honorable name.

Appraisals are where you get together with your team leader and agree what an outstanding member of the team you are, how much your contribution has been valued, what massive potential you have and, in recognition of all this, would you mind having your salary halved.

Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a basement.

No people is wholly civilized where a distinction is drawn between stealing an office and stealing a purse.