Unless comedy touches me as well as amuses me, it leaves me with a sense of having wasted my evening. I go to the theatre to be moved to laughter, not to be tickled or bustled into it.

Even if animal experimentation was proved to be of value, it would be morally wrong.

Syllables govern the world.

The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.

I prefer the man who calls his nonsense a mystery to him who who pretends it is a weighed, measured, analyzed fact.

Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again. If all economists were laid end to end they would not reach a conclusion.

I am the most spontaneous speaker in the world because every word, every gesture, and every retort has been carefully rehearsed.