If God had intended us to fly, he'd have never given us railways.

The purpose of satire has been rightly stated as to strip off the veneer of comforting illusion and cosy half truth, and our job, as I see it, is to put it back again!

Always be sincere, whether you mean it or not.

Eating people is wrong...

A Bradypus or Sloth am I, / I live a life of ease, / Contented not to do or die / But idle as I please.

In July the Sun is hot. Is it shining? No, it's not!

The English, the English, The English are best: So Up with the English and Down with the Rest!

Because I'm selfish. I'm a coward. I'm the kind of girl who, when she might actually be of use, would run to stay alive and leave those who couldn't follow to suffer and die.

Your coming to Christ is not for you to fill up the seats or to take part in rites

Strangers are just family you have yet to come to know.

In that little pocket-size world of his, he was the absolute master.

I shout at him to remind him of his duties. That does not mean that I do not trust him at all.

Some days I feel like I'm an atheist. Most days, I feel like an agnostic. On a very rare day, I feel like I'm a believer in something.

I am obsessed with ice cubes. Obsessed.

The study of Nature is intercourse with the Highest Mind.

I am often asked which of my films has come closest to my own ideal of performance, and I always answer, 'Educating Rita.'

A person is both wise and wealthy when you master the art of appreciating what you already have.