American-style iced tea is the perfect drink for a hot

American-style iced tea is the perfect drink for a hot, sunny day. It's never really caught on in the UK, probably because the last time we had a hot, sunny day was back in 1957.

Lawyers are predators in grey worsted

New technology is useful, but it's inefficient and ugly; it knows it'll be obsolete by lunchtime tomorrow, so it has no incentive to be anything else

In spite of really intense competition for the job, I'm still my own worst enemy.

It was irritating to have one's physical shortcomings pointed out quite so plainly twice in one evening, once by a beautiful girl and once by a dying badger.

After all, what else is scientific enquiry of any sort other than a controlled version of banging one's head against the universe until something gives?

Human beings can get used to virtually anything, given plenty of time and no choice in the matter whatsoever.

There’s nothing bad about reincarnation per se, it’s basically a very good system, cost-effective and ecologically friendly.

Telling lies is a bit like tiling bathrooms - if you don't know how to do it properly, it's best not to try.

Love is an optical illusion that makes you believe the object of your affection is the most beautiful person in the world.

There are moments, Jeeves, when one asks oneself, 'Do trousers matter?'""The mood will pass, sir.

The poet is the sayer, the namer, and represents beauty.

The hare of history once more overtakes the tortoise of art.

New roads new ruts.

Nine-tenths of all existing books are nonsense.

Bigfoot may well be an extraterrestrial, because... remember Chewbacca?

There is a fullness of all things, even of sleep and love.

What defines someone's music taste is their teens and early 20s. It's that combination of your sexual awakening and the music of the time, it fixes you forever.

Change occurs when deeply felt private experiences are given public legitimacy.

I've never worked a day in my life. Don't get me wrong. I work at track. If you love what you do, it's not work.