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.

Sex is a conversation carried out by another means.

There is no question but that if Jesus Christ, or a great prophet from another religion, were to come back today, he would find it virtually impossible to convince anyone of his credentials despite the fact that the vast evangelical machine on American television is predicated on His imminent return among us sinners.

As I grow older I find that though I think I'm saying the same things as I always did, people listen to me more.

Artificial glamor-false eyelashes, that sort of thing-usually is put on to hide a vacuum. The most beautiful face can only look vacuous if it masks an empty head.

Pavarotti is not vain, but conscious of being unique.

I have Russian, German, Spanish, Italian, French and Ethiopian blood in my veins.