The things that are done in the name of the shareholder are, to me, as terrifying as the things that are done - dare I say it - in the name of God.

A good man knows when to sacrifice himself, a bad man survives but loses his soul.

The cat sat on the mat is not a story. The cat sat on the other cat’s mat is a story.

He has the gift of quiet.

In the last 15 or 20 years, I've watched the British press simply go to hell. There seems to be no limit, no depths to which the tabloids won't sink. I don't know who these people are but they're little pigs.

Smiley was soaked to the skin and God as a punishment had removed all taxis from the face of London.

Tyranny is like the electric wiring in an old house. A tyrant dies, the new tyrant takes possession, and all he has to do is drop the switch.