The mere thought hadn't even begun to speculate about the merest possibility of crossing my mind.

The mere thought hadn't even begun to speculate about the merest possibility of crossing my mind.

It is a rare mind indeed that can render the hitherto non-existent blindingly obvious. The cry 'I could have thought of that' is a very popular and misleading one, for the fact is that they didn't, and a very significant and revealing fact it is too.

I don't mind being a symbol but I don't want to become a monument. There are monuments all over the Parliament Buildings and I've seen what the pigeons do to them.

What I'm concerned about is changing people's mind-sets relative to growth. It somehow has become a bad word.

Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.