To play Trivial Pursuit with a life like mine could be said to be a form of homeopathy.

Sometimes there is no next time, no time-outs, no second chances. Sometimes it’s now or never.

Life is rather like a tin of sardines - we're all of us looking for the key.

All knowledge is precious whether or not it serves the slightest human use.

History is a commentary on the various and continuing incapabilities of men. What is history? History is women following behind with the bucket.

A bookshelf is as particular to its owner as are his or her clothes; a personality is stamped on a library just as a shoe is shaped by the foot.

If you think squash is a competitive activity, try flower arranging.

The majority of people perform well in a crisis and when the spotlight is on them; it's on the Sunday afternoons of this life, when nobody is looking, that the spirit falters.

Mark my words, when a society has to resort to the lavatory for its humour, the writing is on the wall.

I saw someone peeing in Jermym Street the other day. I thought, is this the end of civilization as we know it? Or is it simply someone peeing in Jermyn Street?

Above literature?' said the Queen. 'Who is above literature? You might as well say one was above humanity.

And we all know love is a glass which makes even a monster appear fascinating.

Death isn't the end, it's the beginning.

If you think too long you think wrong.

The highest point of yesterday should be the lowest point of today

A dedication is a wooden leg.

There is some really good crack when I come back here. This is where I learned to swear.

The Rothschilds have conquered the world more thoroughly, more cunningly, and much more lastingly than all the Caesars before.

Really proud of it. A great campaign. And I'm really pleased with the organization and the thousands of South Carolinians that worked on my behalf. And I'm very gracious and humbled.

To be entirely at leisure for one day is to be for one day an immortal

He alone has the right to break, for He alone has the power to mend.