Chris Patten Quotes

“I believe in trying to get a balance between individual freedom on the one hand and social responsibility on the other.”

“Many hands make light work.”

“...how are you sacred to me? your lines are golden threads - your patter, my patten - I explore the liturgy of your words...”

“He continued along the route that he had reconnoitered the morning before. And the morning before that. He needed to change his route some to see if he was actually being followed. His instincts said he was clear, but his training ordered him to make sure.”

“Dreams largerthan ourselves we killed, not wantingour smallness measured against them."(poem: Having Taken the Necessary Precautions)”

“A goodtrap, like a good story, has to arise naturally from the environment.It has to be seamless. If the prey suspects what’s coming,they’ll bolt.”

“A trap, like a goodstory, needs to hint at greater things without revealing themuntil the prey is snared.”

“A good trap is like a good story: hidden and leading towardone inevitable conclusion”

“Sometimes the hardest things to believe are the only things worth believing at al.”

“And power without compassion is the worst kind of evil there is.”