There's all sorts of things I was always meaning to get around to - learning to play the flute, calculating the square root of nought, going mad - but I just didn't have the time.

I don't read the Sunday papers; or the dailies, either

At any given time, ninety-nine-point-nine-five per cent of the human race are a confounded nuisance

Lawyers are predators in grey worsted

After all, what else is scientific enquiry of any sort other than a controlled version of banging one's head against the universe until something gives?

Human beings can get used to virtually anything, given plenty of time and no choice in the matter whatsoever.

Love is an optical illusion that makes you believe the object of your affection is the most beautiful person in the world.