Human beings are infinitely worth studying, especially the peculiarities that often go along with outstanding gifts. Paul Johnson Read Quote
The most evil person I ever met was a toss-up between Pablo Picasso and the publisher-crook Robert Maxwell. Paul Johnson Read Quote
One of the marvelous things about Churchill is that whatever he was doing, whether fighting or arguing or despairing or bouncing about full of energy, jokes are never far away. Paul Johnson Read Quote
The idea that human beings have changed and are changing the basic climate system of the Earth through their industrial activities and burning of fossil fuels – the essence of the Greens’ theory of global warming – has about as much basis in science as Marxism and Freudianism. Paul Johnson Read Quote
Global warming, like Marxism, is a political theory of actions, demanding compliance with its rules. Paul Johnson Read Quote
Those who buy in to global warming wish to drastically curb human economic and industrial activities, regardless of the consequences for people, especially the poor. Paul Johnson Read Quote
Mr. Obama would be a disheartening president even during a super boom, with his grim demeanor and empty rhetoric, as well as his obvious hatred of business bravado. Paul Johnson Read Quote
Germany’s Angela Merkel exudes an atmosphere of elderly exhaustion and pooped-out pessimism. Britain’s David Cameron, though by nature exuberant, feels he has to look and sound glum. And France’s leader, Francois Hollande, seems determined to drive every successful businessman out of the country. Paul Johnson Read Quote
A capitalist economy hums when leading businessmen are bubbling with animal spirits and are prepared to sink their money into risky ventures. Paul Johnson Read Quote
Long periods of recession, which tend to be self-perpetuating, are usually ended by war, or by preparations for it. Paul Johnson Read Quote
