Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.

Quote by Harold Macmillan

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When the curtain falls, the best thing an actor can do is to go away.

When the curtain falls, the best thing an actor can do is to go away.

It's no use crying over spilt summits.

It's no use crying over spilt summits.

If you don't believe in God, all you have to believe in is decency. Decency...

If you don't believe in God, all you have to believe in is decency. Decency...

At home, you always have to be a politician; when you're abroad, you almost feel...

At home, you always have to be a politician; when you're abroad, you almost feel...

We have not overthrown the divine right of kings to fall down for the divine...

We have not overthrown the divine right of kings to fall down for the divine...

I was determined that no British government should be brought down by the action of...

I was determined that no British government should be brought down by the action of...

Power? It's like a Dead Sea fruit. When you achieve it, there is nothing there.

Power? It's like a Dead Sea fruit. When you achieve it, there is nothing there.

(A Foreign Secretary) is forever poised between the cliche and the indiscretion.

(A Foreign Secretary) is forever poised between the cliche and the indiscretion.

At home, you always have to be a politician; when you're abroad, you almost feel...

At home, you always have to be a politician; when you're abroad, you almost feel...

It has been said that there is no fool like an old fool, except a...

It has been said that there is no fool like an old fool, except a...

A man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts.

A man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts.

Britain's most useful role is somewhere between bee and dinosaur.

Britain's most useful role is somewhere between bee and dinosaur.

I read a great number of press reports and find comfort in the fact that...

I read a great number of press reports and find comfort in the fact that...

To be alive at all involves some risk.

To be alive at all involves some risk.

I have never found in a long experience of politics that criticism is ever inhibited...

I have never found in a long experience of politics that criticism is ever inhibited...

As usual the Liberals offer a mixture of sound and original ideas. Unfortunately none of...

As usual the Liberals offer a mixture of sound and original ideas. Unfortunately none of...

There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on...

There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on...

I have never found in a long experience of politics that criticism is ever inhibited...

I have never found in a long experience of politics that criticism is ever inhibited...

Once the bear's hug has got you, it is apt to be for keeps.

Once the bear's hug has got you, it is apt to be for keeps.

Marxism is like a classical building that followed the Renaissance; beautiful in its way, but...

Marxism is like a classical building that followed the Renaissance; beautiful in its way, but...