“Parents are not interested in justice, they're interested in peace and quiet.”
The Tyranny of Hate: The Roots of Antisemitism : A Translation into English of Memsheleth Sadon (1992), p. 18
“I'd rather be judged for doing something interesting than not judged and be so utterly boring.”
Book: Cometan, the Omnidoxy
“But all years are stupid. It's only when they're over that they become interesting.”
Source: The Beach (1941), Chapter 9, p. 48
Madness in the Family (1988)
Source: Madness in the Family: Stories
“We shall judge what British interests are and we shall be resolute in defending them.”
Speech at dinner for West German Chancellor (Helmut Schmidt) (10 May 1979) http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/104080
First term as Prime Minister
Context: It has been suggested by some people in this country that I and my government will be a “soft touch” in the [European] Community. In case such a rumour may have reached your ears, Mr Chancellor... it is only fair that I should advise you frankly to dismiss it (as my own colleagues did, long ago). We shall judge what British interests are and we shall be resolute in defending them.
"Plutarch's Lives," Vol 1, Barnes & Noble Inc., 2006, Lysander p. 646
Translation from Greek originalː "τὸ ἀληθὲς οὐ φύσει τοῦ ψεύδους κρεῖττον ἡγούμενος, ἀλλ' ἑκατέρου τῇ χρείᾳ τὴν τιμὴν ὁρίζων."
