"The act of philosophizing involves the character of the philosopher."

“Sometimes the only way to make palatable that which is appalling and apprehensive is to season it with some humor.”

“I have a fear of heights and I'm claustrophobic.”

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

“Isn't three quarters of life a guilty pleasure?”

“I’m going to lie this one right on the line, right here, right now: I’m pro big pants. Strident feminism NEEDS big pants. Really big. I’m currently wearing a pair that could have been used as a fire blanket to put out the Great Fire of London at any point during the first 48 hours or so. They extend from the top of my thigh to my belly button, and effectively double up as a second property that I can escape to at weekends. If I were going to run for parliament, it would be solely on a platform of ‘Get Women In Massive Grundie’s’.”

“Entrepreneurs almost always have to step out of existing institutions that embody old ways of doing things to build their vision.”

“Your daily behavior reveals your deepest beliefs.”

“The classical example of a successful research programme is Newton's gravitational theory: possibly the most successful research programme ever.”

Source : Imre Lakatos, John Worrall, Gregory Currie (1980). “The Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes: Volume 1: Philosophical Papers”, p.48, Cambridge University Press

“I wanted to create my own world, a world full of color, where everyone could play. One big party that never ends.”