"Differential equations won't help you much in the design of aeroplanes — not yet, anyhow."

"He was one of that great class of Englishmen who love their wives and trust them unquestioningly with their money and…"

"It has been said that an engineer is a man who can do for ten shillings what any fool can do for a pound; if that be …"

"Environment has its effect on everybody, and for a time it had a numbing effect on him, preventing him from thinking …"

"His agitation was subsiding; already he was becoming aware that he had not got it in him to make these men believe th…"

"Airline stewardesses are not chosen for their repellent qualities, and Miss Corder was a very charming girl."

"For many years the actress had been out of touch with the hard realities of life. All her working life had been spent…"

"Personal unpleasantness always upset his work; he could not think clearly if his mind was full of hard things that ha…"

"She recognised in Mr Honey a man of moods, capable of deep depression; all geniuses, she had read, were men like that."

"She said, "When you've seen all the new places you've got no more new places to see. And anyway, one new place is jus…"