It's either because of the number of times the scholar puts the boot into Peter Jackson the director of The Lord of the Rings films or is making a point they have never heard of.

On the Disc, the Gods aren't so much worshipped, as they are blamed.

Nanny's philosophy of life was to do what seemed like a good idea at the time, and do it as hard as possible. It had never let her down.

I particularly admire are Mark Twain and Jerome K. Jerome who wrote in a certain tone of voice which was humane and understanding of humanity, but always ready to annotate its little foibles. I think I'd lay my cards down on that, and say that it's that that I'm trying to do.

I could be wrong. Not being certain is what being a philosopher is all about.

People needed to believe in gods, if only because it was so hard to believe in people.

Tell someone you are going to rob them and all that will happen is that you'll get a reputation as a truthful man.