There are experts in little things but there are no experts in big things. There are experts in this fact and that fact but there are no moral experts.

When I was small, I would refuse to drink when I ate fish because I thought the fish would reconstitute itself in my stomach

Did you know that the worldwide food shortage that threatens up to five hundred million children could be alleviated at the cost of only one day, only one day, of modern warfare.

I imagine hell like this: Italian punctuality, German humour and English wine.

I have three daughters and I find as a result I played King Lear almost without rehearsal.

The point of living, and of being an optimist, is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to come.

British education is probably the best in the world, if you can survive it. If you can't there is nothing left for you but the diplomatic corps.