The Doctor: I've seen bigger.Clara: Really?The Doctor: Are you joking? It's massive!

The Doctor: I've seen bigger. Clara: Really? The Doctor: Are you joking? It's massive!

There's something really cool about scaring children. Traumatize a generation, that's what it's all about.

See the bowtie? I wear it and I don't care. That's why it's cool.

There's something that doesn't make sense. Let's go and poke it with a stick.

I'll be a story in your head. But that's OK. We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh? Because it was, you know; it was the best.

I can't see what's wrong about assuming intelligence in your audience and what's bad news about being rewarded for assuming that.

You don’t just give up. You don’t just let things happen. You make a stand! You say no! You have the guts to do what’s right, even when everyone else just runs away.

An awful lot of storytelling isn't really about making people understand - it's about making people care.

Demons run when a good man goes to war.

What's the point of being a grown-up if you don't get to be immature?

Move outside the tangle of fear-thinking. Live in silence.

Failure at some point in your life is inevitable, but giving up is unforgivable.

A lot of my life has involved with helping create cultures that have as their basis this vision of the sharing, the partaking of a certain ethos together.

We all have that desire for something special, something committed. We all want to be The One.

I miss that sensation of a small achievement feeling like a really big deal.

Although it's not useful to drown in despair, it's also not useful to keep a 'positive attitude' when this means concealing or denying real emotions.

Sometimes sense hides behind walls. You must find a window and stick your head right in before you can see it.

Sir, I didn't deserve the grade you gave me on this test. Do you know a lower one?

Humans live through their myths and only endure their realities.

The friend of the present order of things condemns all political speculations in the gross.