History has rewritten itself so many times I'm not really sure how it was to begin with -- it's a bit like trying to guess the original color of a wall when it's been repainted eight times.

Were you listening to a word I said ' 'I kind of switched off when you drew breath.

People don't change just because you know more about them.

Don't move," said Sprockett."Mimes don't generally attack unless they are threatened.

Our notions of self-determination are, on the whole, something of a myth. We are governed almost exclusively by our own peculiar habits, which makes those who rail against them that much more remarkable.

I suggest we depict penguins as callous and unfeeling creatures who insist on bringing up their children in what is little more than a large chest freezer.

A surfeit of information often hides an untruth,” he said, with annoying clarity.