My father was my greatest inspiration. He was a lunatic.
The most difficult book I have ever read was a manual on the use of iron bangles by A.J. Thompson.
You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all the people some of the time, which is just long enough to be president of the United States.
A bird in The Strand is worth two in Shepherds Bush
If you kill me, I promise you - you will never take me alive.
I told you I was ill. (On his headstone)