The fact is: It's true what they say about the United States. It is a land of opportunity. It is too various to get bored with it.

I'm not that keen on the idea of being unconscious.

Knowing that we are primates, I think, is a fascinating discovery, and a very interesting and rather cheering one.

You notice how liberals keep saying, 'If only Islam would have a Reformation' - it can't have one. It says it can't. It's extremely dangerous in that way.

We have known for a long time that Prince Charles' empty sails are so rigged as to be swelled by any passing waft or breeze of crankiness and cant. He fell for the fake anthropologist Laurens van der Post. He was bowled over by the charms of homeopathic medicine. He has been believably reported as saying that plants do better if you talk to them in a soothing and encouraging way

The one unforgivable sin is to be boring.

We know that our life is essentially tragic. I'm absolutely not for handing over that very important department of our psyche to those who say, "Why didn't you say so before? God has a plan for you in mind."