"Ask a man which way he is going to vote, and he will probably tell you. Ask him, however, why, and vagueness is all."

"No amount of manifest absurdity... could deter those who wanted to believe from believing."

"Because tobacco is responsible for an impressive one-third of cancers, prevention efforts naturally begin with it."

"Once, when a British Prime Minister sneezed, men half a world away would blow their noses. Now when a British Prime Minister sneezes nobody else will even say 'Bless You'."

"What has happened to architecture since the second world war that the only passers-by who can contemplate it without pain are those equipped with a white stick and a dog?"