"I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring."

“You made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter. You are the best thing that's ever been mine.”

“Now people want what the movie was about, which is violent comedy. And that's really what The Aristocrats is based on - what will a family do out of desperation.”

“The older I get, the less I suffer fools gladly”

Source : "Why I'm moving to Europe". Interview with Sharon Krum, www.theguardian.com. January 17, 2006.

“The only good reason for swimming, so far as I can see, is to escape drowning.”

Source : Helen Cresswell (2017). “The Bagthorpe Saga: Ordinary Jack (Collins Modern Classics)”, p.14, HarperCollins UK

“Authority exercised with humility, and obedience accepted with delight are the very lines along which our spirits live.”

“I know I am extraordinarily lucky to be doing what I am doing. I have worked hard along the way and I have been blessed too. I have had a great life.”

“We all grew up, our grandmothers and mothers had about three channels to watch, so we watched those soaps and now, a generation has grown up with the Internet and computers and video games.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“The garden of Eden was a boggy swamp just south of Croydon. You can see it over there.”

Source : "Fictional character: George Spiggott". "Bedazzled", www.imdb.com. 1967.