A gun is no more dangerous than a cricket bat in the hands of a madman.

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.

We didn't have counsellors rushing around every time somebody let off a gun. You just got on with it!

The world population 60 years ago was just over 2 billion and it's now more than 6 billion. This huge increase - an explosion really - has probably done more harm to the environment than anything else.

Are you running away from something?

It's difficult to see how it's possible to become immensely valuable by singing what are the most hideous songs.

I would like to go to Russia very much — although the bastards murdered half my family.