Ronnie Barker will forever be remembered as one of the great comic actors.

[on Queen Mother] Our country is the richer for her life and the poorer at her death.

I mean if you have ever found a politician who says, 'No, no, I would do everything exactly as I did,' then you can tell when he is lying because his lips are moving.

I would rather go while I am being urged to stay, than to stay beyond the time when I should go.

The politician who never made a mistake never made a decision.

Give the Germans five deutschmarks and they will save it. But give the British £5 and they will borrow £25 and spend it.

Some people eat eggs, I wear them.