It's now very common to hear people say 'I'm rather offended by that'.

Entry is not equivalent to possession.

When push-off comes to shove-off, a man must have a reason to get out of bed in the mornings, something more than the threat of bedsores, at any rate.

I suppose that there is no point wasting time being lazy, though of course indolence in a divine way, actually has its advantages.

I was born Mary Patterson, but then I married and naturally took my husband's name, so now I'm Neil Patterson.

It is astonishing how articulate one can become when alone and raving at a radio. Arguments and counter arguments, rhetoric and bombast flow from one's lips like scurf from the hair of a bank manager.

I have Van Gogh's ear for music