Only a Scotsman can really survive a Scottish education.

I've never been noticeably reticent about talking on subjects about which I know nothing.

We live in what virtually amounts to a museum - which does not happen to a lot of people.

Tolerance is the one essential ingredient ... You can take it from me that the Queen has the quality of tolerance in abundance.

If you stay here much longer you'll all be slitty-eyed.

And if we could get the local leaders to appreciate their responsibility for the environment then they would be able to explain that responsibility to the people of their faith.

A horse which stops dead just before a jump and thus propels its rider into a graceful arc provides a splendid excuse for general merriment.