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“No people do so much harm as those who go about doing good.”
Source : In Louise Creighton Life (1904) vol. 2, p. 503
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“Everything inspires me; sometimes I think I see things others don’t.”
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“The redeeming feature of war is that it puts a nation to the test. As exposure to the atmosphere reduces all mummies to instant dissolution, so war passes supreme judgment upon social systems that have outlived their vitality.”
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“I am not an objective reporter. I prefer to go further, to the unstated things of our existence. What I can't understand and grasp seems to lead me.”
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“I guess I realize that I don't want to die. I don't want to live either, but-there really isn't anything in-between. Depression is about as close as you get to somewhere between dead and alive, and it's the worst. But since the tendency toward inertia means that it's easier for me to stay alive than die, I guess that's how it's going to be, so I guess I should try to be happy.”
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“I've been going around the world; I've been to China, I sang at the General Assembly, the Security Council.”
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“If you must get in trouble, do it at the Chateau Marmont.”
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“When all this is over, people will try to blame the Germans alone, and the Germans will try to blame the Nazis alone, and the Nazis will try to blame Hitler alone. They will make him bear the sins of the world. But it's not true. You suspected what was happening, and so did I. It was already too late over a year ago. I caused a reporter to lose his job because you told me to. He was deported. The day I did that I made my little contribution to civilization, the only one that matters.”
Source : Iain Pears (2003). “Dream of Scipio”, p.321, Penguin
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“I'm glad I'm funny. I'm glad I make people happy, because that's very important. But I'm proud to be known as a kind person.”
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“I am the Roman Emperor, and am above grammar.”
