There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently fall than that of defrauding the government.

When my job was attempting to predict future economic developments for the Shell oil company I was frequently reminded of an Arabic saying: 'Those who claim to foresee the future are lying even if by chance they are later proved right.'

Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a beverage.

I think the thing to remember though the next time you hear someone who is really certain that he is on the side of the angels is that the idea of angels was created by human beings who are famous for being frequently untrustworthy and occasional.

Monarchists frequently declare that without the royal family Britain would be 'nothing.' What a woeful lack of love for one's country such statements express.

I have frequently been questioned especially by women of how I could reconcile family life with a scientific career. Well it has not been easy.

My faith inasmuch as I have any is more like a kind of Joseph Campbell thing and even that frequently finds itself tested to oblivion in siren waters.

It's important to ask candidates about their beliefs in part because politicians frequently exploit religious faith - often with the idea that voters will be more likely to unthinkingly accept certain political positions so long as they arise from religious belief.

Failure is more frequently from want of energy than want of capital.

The resistance of a woman is not always a proof of her virtue but more frequently of her experience.