Some people in this life really enjoy being sent up and Nicholas Parsons is one of them because he's a sadomasochist.

One of the great ball-givers in the United Kingdom is Nicholas Parsons.

Nicholas Parsons' time at the University of Glasgow seems to be absolutely shrouded in mystery.

Leisure is only possible when we are at one with ourselves. We tend to overwork as a means of self-escape, as a way of trying to justify our existence.

When other girls were dreaming about love, she dreamt of love too, but in an entirely different context - the ones they took for granted.

There are two types of actors: those who say they don't want to be famous, and those who are liars.

He who would travel happy must travel lite.

To most of us nothing is so invisible as an unpleasant truth. Though it is held before our eyes, pushed under our noses, rammed down our throats- we know it not.

Whether the borders that divide us are picket fences or national boundaries, we are all neighbors in a global community.

My feeling about fears is, if you voice your fears, they may come true. I'm superstitious enough to believe that.

You either play by the rules, change the rules, or get out, altogether.

You will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it.

They felt, in fact, tremendously bucked-up, which was how Lady Ramkin would almost certainly have put it and which was definitely several letters of the alphabet away from how they normally felt.