"I became a journalist by accident, and stayed one. Just as well; I have no other talent whatever, even in the most mo…"

"Stealthily the computer advanced, vanguard of the technological revolution, hailed as the cure for all mankind's ills…"

"Political cynicism strode on, quickening its pace; and no wonder. Attempts were made from time to time to authorise t…"

"We live in a querulous age; more, we live in an age in which it is argued that to be happy is frivolous, and expectin…"

"My work, in which I have had much success, as the world counts success; the causes, great and small, in which I have …"

"As for trying to be funny — well, long ago the late proposed that typographers should design a new face, which would …"

"As I say, I know nothing of wheeler-dealers and their wheels. I do, however, know a little about human beings, and a …"

"But once upon a time, we could play shove ha'penny, and read a penny dreadful, and sing a song of sixpence, and take …"

"It is the fact that the longing for freedom is not just embedded in every true soul's heart."

"The explosion of peaceful, mass revolt which has ended Soviet rule from Berlin to Bucharest - and will shortly end it…"