Stuart Hill

“Soldiers on our own side are brave and attain glory, preserve our social virtues and sacrifice themselves for the public well-being. Those on the other side are aggressors, agents of evil and cowardly knaves.”
― George C Vaillant

“In the Olympic Games it is neither important to win nor important to have taken part. Sport is just something people who feel like doing it do, up to the point where the effort involved becomes inhuman. Beyond that point, politics takes over. Politically, the Olympic Games are a farce on every level. It is grotesque that in 1976 the BBC commentators should still be sounding like old Pathé Pictorials, desperately cherishing an illusion of British influence which would be fatuous even if it were real.”
― Clive James, Visions Before Midnight

“The number of cells in your body outnumbers galaxies in the universe by 37 trillion.”
― James Temperton, The Future of Medicine: How We Will Enjoy Longer, Healthier Lives

“The weather was so contrary and fierce that the rain wasn't mere rain or the wind freezing wind - this was a conspiracy of the elements.”
― Georges Simenon, Maigret is Afraid