I was brought up in a clergyman's household so I am a first-class liar.

I think we all have the germ of every other person inside of us.

[When asked if she had ever considered divorcing Sir Lewis Casson:] Divorce? Never. But murder often!

It's only people who are hysterical who can play hysterical parts.

I want Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D played at my funeral. If it isn't I shall jolly well want to know why.

A single star shines brighter than a thousand moons.

Who knows the life which does not burn its own time moments?

Rich people have small TVs, small cars, but big libraries.

Poets may be delightful creatures in the meadow or the garret, but they are menaces on the assembly line.

Old people deserves a medal, a medal of existence which crowns their long-term victory against the cruelty of time and the dangers of this chaotic universe!

There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving and that's your own self.

The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem.

They would have to sing better songs for me to learn to have faith in their Redeemer; and his disciples would have to look more redeemed!

Men who are lovers of wisdom [i.e., philosophers] must be inquirers into many things.

Killing a man should be harder than waving a length of pipe in their direction. It should take long enough for one's conscience to get in the way.