What makes a human being want to kill another who has done him no personal harm? Patriotism.

If you are not a Conchie, what are you man?' demanded the Major.After some moments' thought, Francis said, 'I am a human being who does not believe in killing my fellow man for insufficient reason.

Suffering is the common lot of man.

My friends think I'm outgoing, but I don't travel as much outside as I do from the inside.

I know transplanted human worth will bloom to profit otherwhere.

And part of that is, what is the point of having children if you don't have the privilege of bringing them up?

Lights get low and that's when I have my brightest ideas.

Why should I need an artist to explain a work of art to me? Why should it not speak out to me itself?

I pretty much got busted for everything, but I definitely stretched out my boundaries as a kid, as well.

British fashion is a serious business. The British fashion industry is worth £21bn to the U.K. economy and employs 819,000 people across the country.

As you get older, you just lose that confidence and narcissism you have in your twenties. You realize you have less time on the planet, and you become cynical and less confident.

Atheism comes into rather a bad press and I suppose I'd rather describe myself as a humanist... I don't believe in God. I don't believe there is a God.

A fusty nut with no kernel.