“Death solves all problems - no man, no problem. - J. V. Stalin, 1918”

“If you are afraid of wolves, keep out of the woods. - J. V. Stalin, 1936”

“To choose one's victims, to prepare one's plans minutely, to slake an implacable vengeance, and then to go to bed ... there is nothing sweeter in the world. - J. V. Stalin”

“Gratitude", he said, quoting Stalin, "is a dog's disease.”

“This was the problem with drinks parties: getting stuck with a person you didn't want to talk to while someone you did was tantalisingly in view.”

“Cicero smiled at us. 'The art of life is to deal with problems as they arise, rather than destory one's spirit by worrying about them too far in advance. Especially tonight.”

“Problem-solving is hunting; it is savage pleasure and we are born to it.”