Morris West

If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you'll never enjoy the sunshine.

All institutions are prone to corruption and to the vices of their members.

You know one of the causes of modern despair is the fact that we have had proposed to us, from various quarters, an impossible perfection.

Sisters are brittle things. God was penurious with me, which makes me shrewd with Him. One is a dainty sum! One bird, one cage, one flight; one song in those far woods, as yet suspected by faith only!

Before I die, I will preach to the Muslims in the Arab world. I will preach in Egypt, Lebanon, Syria and Iran. I will preach in Tehran. I will do it under the umbrella of God. And see its impact.

James Bond is quite serious about his drinks and clothing and cigarettes and food and all that sort of thing. There is nothing wry or amused about James Bond.