The longer I live, Dorian, the more keenly I feel that whatever was good enough for our fathers is not good enough for us. In art, as in politics, les grand-pères ont toujours tort.

Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us.

There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating - people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing.

I didn't have a life until I went up onstage.

And if it feels good... Feel it!

I never take any notice to what common people say, and I never interfere with what charming people do.

We in the House of Lords are never in touch with public opinion. That makes us a civilised body.