I would much prefer to be a judge than a coal miner because of the absence of falling coal.

The garden of Eden was a boggy swamp just south of Croydon. You can see it over there.

You realize that suicide's a criminal offense. In less enlightened times they'd have hung you for it.

I've always been after the trappings of great luxury. But all I've got hold of are the trappings of great poverty. I've got hold of the wrong load of trappings, and a rotten load they are too, ones I could have very well done without.

I have learned from my mistakes, and I am sure I can repeat them exactly

The thing that makes you know that Vernon Ward is a good painter is if you look at his ducks, you can see the eyes follow you around the room.

I could have been a Judge, but I never had the Latin for the judgin'. I never had it, so I'd had it, as far as being a judge was concerned... I would much prefer to be a judge than a coal miner because of the absence of falling coal.