In Britian we have a free press. It's not a pretty press, but it's free. The people who can't bear the Daily Mail, they say: 'you should ban it'. No, no, no, no, you don't ban it... you don't buy it.

I do have a residual belief that, if at all possible, you should try not to mock the weak.

I've seen the Pokémon movie, which is probably the worst movie ever made on any subject ever.

All the libel lawyers will tell you there's no libel any more, that everyone's given up.

Modest about our national pride - and inordinately proud of our national modesty.

I get paid to do what I enjoy, not that common a condition.

There's an awful lot of terrible television which I could do, but I mostly stick to Have I Got News for You.

The best comedy is where you attack the strong, not the weak.

You have a huge amount of confidence when you're younger, which slowly ebbs away for the rest of your life. You think: 'No problem. I can do that. Why shouldn't I do it?'

I've got a very peculiar sort of fame, based on being on the telly. It doesn't mean you have the lifestyle people expect.

My mother was a terrific force in my life. Wartime-generation woman, hadn't gone to university but should have done. Was very funny, very verbal, very clever, very witty.

His eyes were deep as ocean, and I found myself drowning in his lies.

Defending unpopular positions is what lawyers do

All the money in the world can't buy you back good health.

Read these 3 books - Crossing the Chasm, Innovators Dilemma and Behind the Cloud.

We are in a world where most American citizens over the age of 12 share things with each other online.

You would think that Freddy Couples-Nick Price would be the team to beat, but I'll tell you in skins, it's a matter of just hitting it at the right time.

The portrait is one of the most curious art forms. It demands special qualities in the artist, and an almost total kinship with the model.

Instead of looking on discussion as a stumbling block in the way of action, we think it an indispensable preliminary to any wise action at all.

Persons are fine things, but they cost so much! for thee I must pay me.

Experimental psychology itself has, it is true, now and again suffered relapse into a metaphysical treatment of its problems.