Chinese people age overnight.

Parrots have gone a bit quiet since pirates have gone.

It's like the panda, they say that's dying out. But what do they do? When you see them they're just sitting in the jungle eating.

It would be spiteful to put a Jellyfish in a trifle.

Pigeons: They've got wings, but they walk a lot.

I've got loads of nieces and nephews.

[Jellyfish] are 97% water or something, so how much are they doing? Just give them another 3% and make them water. It's more useful.

Avocados, it's a food that ain't worth injuring yourself for. If it's a hassle to get into, leave it to the experts.

We've had the Iron Age, the Stone Age, this is the pissin' about age.

People who live in a glass house have to answer the door.

You know, when you're a producer, you're a bit of a lackey. You're just making cups of tea and making sure they've got newspaper, stuff like that.

The only thing that makes me sad is that I shall be leaving Africa when I die. I love Africa, which is my mother and my father. When I am dead, I shall miss the smell of Africa

All would live long but none would be old.

The right response to the non-problem of global warming is to have the courage to do nothing.

We leave it up to books and movies to talk about WWII on our behalf.

An excuse is a polite rejection. Men are not afraid of 'ruining the friendship.

I don't think an artist does well without limitations.

Predicting innovation is something of a self-canceling exercise: the most probable innovations are probably the least innovative.

He found it was as easy to hurl beauty as anything else. (On Robert Mapplethorpe)

Every object, every being...is a jar full of delight.

This is the beauty that emerges from self-confidence, class confidence. That says, I am not born to please. I am born to be pleased.