Max Hastings

A Tory government with a decent mandate seems the only hope of tackling the fiscal catastrophe responsibly. ↗

— Max Hastings

#decent #fiscal #government #hope #mandate

I would be miserable if I went to bed without having written 1,000 words about something. ↗

— Max Hastings

#bed #having #i #miserable #something

I would have been a disastrous soldier. ↗

— Max Hastings

#disastrous #i #soldier #would

I'm a passionate monarchist. ↗

— Max Hastings

#passionate

I'm a wet liberal really, and always have been. But I'm sort of an aggressive wet liberal. ↗

— Max Hastings

#always #been #i #liberal #really

I've always found women more loyal, more disciplined, less neurotic, more hardworking. I just think they're perfect colleagues. Whereas, God knows, I've dealt with plenty of neurotic men. ↗

— Max Hastings

#colleagues #dealt #disciplined #found #god

It's miraculous how much easier the computer has made my sort of work. ↗

— Max Hastings

#easier #how #made #miraculous #much

Lots of us when we're children believe 'oh well, if the world knew us as we really are, they'd know what wonderful, clever, brilliant, charming people we really are.' ↗

— Max Hastings

#brilliant #charming #children #clever #knew

People who get on at school are the ones who play by the rules, and no one's going to get far in later life playing by the system. ↗

— Max Hastings

#get #going #later #life #ones

We're taking part in a divine comedy and we should realise that the play is always a comedy, in that we're all ultimately ridiculous. ↗

— Max Hastings

#comedy #divine #part #play #realise