Iraq is just a symbol of the attitude of western democracies to the rest of the world.

I'll tell you what I really think about politicians. The other night I watched some politicians on television talking about Vietnam. I wanted very much to burst through the screen with a flame thrower and burn their eyes out and their balls off and then inquire from them how they would assess the action from a political point of view.

I also found being called Sir rather silly.

This particular nurse said, Cancer cells are those which have forgotten how to die. I was so struck by this statement.

Nothing is more sterile or lamentable than the man content to live within himself.

It was difficult being a conscientious objector in the 1940's, but I felt I had to stick to my guns.

I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on earth - certainly greater than sex, although sex isn't too bad either.