Labour leaders lead us all, though we know they bleed us all. Cheer our new Decline and Fall, Gibbon might have dreamed it all.

Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade.

It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.

There's always something fishy about the French.

Mona Lisa looks as if she has just been sick, or is about to be.

I love criticism just so long as it's unqualified praise.

Work is much more fun than fun.

A perfect martini should be made by filling a glass with gin then waving it in the general direction of Italy.

For gin, in cruel sober truth, supplies the fuel for flaming youth.

Work hard, do the best you can, don't ever lose faith in yourself and take no notice of what other people say about you.

You will know you're old when you cease to be amazed.

It's lies. It's all lies. Some of them are just prettier than others, that's all. People see what they think is there.

To need to dominate others is to need others. The commander is dependent.

It is only by participation in a rational, practice-based community that one becomes rational.

I'm very little drawn to photographing people that are known or even subjects that are known. They fascinate me when I've barely heard of them.

Digital wisdom is made of recycled electrons that are meaningful until you pull the plug.

The most important thing in life is to love what you’re dong, because that’s the only way you’ll ever be really good at it.

Everything we do is based at adults.

I thought we talked things out!' 'Yes, and you listened very carefully to every word you had to say.

People love scandal; people love drama. They love stripping away the layers to see what's really in there, and they'll do anything - as well as make it up - to get it.

I am not throwing away my shot.