My parents came from different backgrounds. My father's was grander than my mother's, so my mother had... to put up with the disapproval of my father's relations.

Sometimes the weekend gets hijacked by work, but as my mother would say, this is the right problem.

I have derived enormous confidence from being a husband and father.

If you are lucky, you have your moment. But it is never more than a moment. You have to enjoy it while it lasts.

Leave three Englishmen in a room and they will invent a rule that prevents a fourth joining them.

Vulgarity is no substitute for wit.

To me, all success is a delightful surprise, since one can absolutely never predict it.

What is a week-end? Maggie Smith in Downton Abbey.

Success means your thoughts are worthy of everyones consideration.

Most of us don't want to be outsiders.

If there's one thing I don't look for in a maid, it's discretion. Except with my own secrets, of course.

Praise be to God that hope is much more than how we feel on a given day. It exists outside of us

Perhaps I should just bury myself and become a diamond after thousands of years of intense pressure

Learn your topic through self-study through scrupulous analysis and learn about your goal

If you don't have a teacher you can't have a disciple.

On my 30th birthday, all the presents I got were boxes of food. That's what I needed.

There's no conversation more boring than talking about what it's really like to live in Newport and how the show compares to the real thing. I just don't care.

It is difficult, if not impossible, to define the limit of our reasonable desires in respect of possessions.

Everything becomes closer once you realize that the world is only as far away as a nap and a meal.

Keep an eye on that boy... he has potential," Dr Nero.

No more kisses for you, until you have eaten !