The "public" seems to have bought into this belief that life can, and should, be run without risk, that all accidents are avoidable, and that death is something that only happens to people who eat meat and smoke.

The Americans lecture the world on democracy and then won’t let me turn the traction control off!

No, no, no. There's no such thing as cheap and cheerful. It's cheap and nasty & expensive and cheerful.

We all know that small cars are good for us. But so is cod liver oil. And jogging.

Owning a TVR in the past was like owning a bear. I mean it was great, until it pulled your head off, which it would.

If a football official were to call for a slow-motion replay every time Didier Drogba fell over, each match would last about six weeks.

I mean its a weekly occurrence that somebody will complain that Top Gear was on last night - and you just sit back and wait for the complaints. But if you start to pay attention to everyones concerns, you end up with something bland and boring. So you sort of have to ignore everybody in order to do the show how we want to do it.