"Although other animals may be different from us, this does not make them LESS than us"

“No printed word, nor spoken plea can teach young minds what they should be. Not all the books on all the shelves - but what the teachers are themselves.”

“The best version of comedy is when you can get to an issue where, at some point, you're not firmly on one side or the other, and you can see both sides. The more we become about the issues, the more successful we are.”

“I was brought up in a way that when you're at a dinner party, you don't grab a chip unless it's been offered to everyone else. It's the manners of being brought up by English parents.”

“People have these weird ideas about artists being romantic, generous people, and sometimes I feel like an asshole, a selfish kid, a brat, the lucky one, because I get to do this and it's how I make my living.”

“I was the chief executive once, I've been there. My recommendation to anybody is don't go backwards.”

Source : "Sir Stuart Rose: 'They say we can't afford to retire, and I don't want to'". Interview with Juliette Garside, www.theguardian.com. April 25, 2012.

“All peoples enjoy freedom, and freedom for the development of their culture... There is no Jewish problem in the Soviet Union at all... I have many friends who are Jews.”

Source : "The Soviet Government and the Jews 1948-1967: A Documented Study" by Benjamin Pinkus, (p. 66), 1984.

“A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses.”

“I love you. I honestly love you.”