He has the gift of compressing the largest amount of words into the smallest amount of thoughts.

Mr. Attlee is a very modest man. Indeed he has a lot to be modest about.

Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second... if there is one.

There are two things that are more difficult than making an after-dinner speech: climbing a wall which is leaning toward you and kissing a girl who is leaning away from you.

We have a society where every hit maker and TV presenter is gay.

The British nation is unique in this respect. They are the only people who like to be told how bad things are, who like to be told the worst.