A racing tipster who only reached Hitler's level of accuracy would not do well for his clients.

There is nothing more agreeable in life than to make peace with the Establishment - and nothing more corrupting.

Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.

A master of improvised speech and improvised policies.

No war is inevitable until it breaks out.

He was what I often think is a dangerous thing for a statesman to be - a student of history; and like most of those who study history, he learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.

Nothing is inevitable until it happens.

The crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the specter of Communism.

A racing tipster who only reached Hitler's level of accuracy would not do well for his clients.

The great armies, accumulated to provide security and preserve the peace, carried the nations to war by their own weight.

Human blunders usually do more to shape history than human wickedness.

The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.

No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.

Lenin was the first to discover that capitalism 'inevitably' caused war; and he discovered this only when the First World War was already being fought. Of course he was right. Since every great state was capitalist in 1914.

Psychoanalysts believe that the only 'normal' people are those who cause no trouble either to themselves or anyone else.

In my opinion, most of the great men of the past were only there for the beer - the wealth, prestige and grandeur that went with the power.

Perfect soldier perfect gentleman never gave offence to anyone not even the enemy.

If there had been no troublemakers, no dissenters, we should still be living in caves.

Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one thing, you hold down the adjoining.

The greatest felony in the news business today is to be behind, or to miss a big story. So speed and quantity substitute for thoroughness and quality, for accuracy and context.

Accuracy to a newspaper is what virtue is to a lady; but a newspaper can always print a retraction.

Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything.

All I want to see from an actor is the intensity and accuracy of their listening.

In the plays - that's where I go crazy. But my prose has a much lighter touch; it's not trying to thrill with language, just to be more truthful. I'm not concerned with the accuracy of anything. We don't get to the truth of anything with facts.

If observed facts of undoubted accuracy will not fit any of the alternatives it leaves open, the system itself is in need of reconstruction.

There is a huge difference between journalism and advertising. Journalism aspires to truth. Advertising is regulated for truth. I'll put the accuracy of the average ad in this country up against the average news story any time.

Accuracy of language is one of the bulwarks of truth.

Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty.

I think that's because believable action is based on authenticity, and accuracy is very important to me. I always spend time researching my novels, exploring the customs and attitudes of the county I'm using for their setting.

Sensorial perception, for example, certainly occurs with greater or less accuracy according to the degree of interest; it is constantly given other directions by the change of external stimuli and by ideas.

Employ every economy consistent with thoroughness, accuracy and reliability.

Men were not intended to work with the accuracy of tools, to be precise and perfect in all their actions.

Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood.

The game of life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later with astounding accuracy.

How or by what magic is it, that we convey our thoughts to one another with such case and accuracy?

Because of recent improvements in the accuracy of theoretical predictions based on large scale ab initio quantum mechanical calculations, meaningful comparisons between theoretical and experimental findings have become possible.

We measure very carefully what the positives are and I think it is less than one tenth of one percent, so we are very pleased with the accuracy of our biometric checks and we continue to monitor that.

A racing tipster who only reached Hitler's level of accuracy would not do well for his clients.

In some instances, the accuracy of past-life memories can be objectively verified, sometimes with remarkable detail.

Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking.

Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything.

I'm convinced you can combine this with reporting integrity and accuracy.

We know something of the history of the spread of Christianity, but much passed from recorded memory and much was transmitted by tradition whose accuracy has been repeatedly questioned.

Accuracy is to a newspaper what virtue is to a lady, but a newspaper can always print a retraction.

Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised.

If I know you're very good in music, I can predict with just about zero accuracy whether you're going to be good or bad in other things.

Whoever said love is blind is dead wrong. Love is the only thing that lets us see each other with the remotest accuracy.

I have always made an effort to render every detail of my reality with the greatest accuracy; but I have never paid attention to whether my presentation of historical facts was an exact one.

Accuracy is, in every case, advantageous to beauty, and just reasoning to delicate sentiment. In vain would we exalt the one by depreciating the other.