It was always said that the big distinction between the French and the English is that the English are intelligent and the French are intellectual.

Socialists make the mistake of confusing individual worth with success. They believe you cannot allow people to succeed in case those who fail feel worthless.

By the end of the 1970s Britain was in a mess.

So all the system was running down and collapsing. Mrs. Thatcher became the leader of the Conservative Party in February 1975, and she clearly wanted to strike out and do something different.

The tragedy of our lives is that, while we suffer from the wounds afflicted on us by those who love us, we cannot avoid wounding those we want to love.

The increase of this efficiency is essentially the problem of the manager, and the amount to which it can be increased by proper study is, in most cases, so great as to be almost incredible.

I never ever take into consideration the consequences of my actions until it's too late.

I never deliberately set out to shock, but when people don't walk out of my plays I think there is something wrong.

When youre young, you dont think very far ahead. You just think in terms of the next day, the next week, the next competition. You dont think about injuries that could threaten your long-term health.

If I want a small take-everywhere camera, I prefer my iPhone 5, which has colors and tonal range superior to any DSLR or compact digital camera I've ever used at their default settings.

I invite even the school of violence to give this peaceful non-co-operation a trial.

Hey, if I don't have a job, I don't know why I bother to get up. Any time the phone rings, I'm ready to go. What else am I going to do? See, I've never retired. I don't even know what it means.

Wealth has never yet sacrificed itself on the altar of patriotism.

I never drink coffee, can you believe that? Works in morning television, doesn't drink coffee.