“I can’t remember names and things.”

Dontopedalogy is the science of opening your mouth and putting your foot in it, which I’ve practised for many years.

All money nowadays seems to be produced with a natural homing instinct for the Treasury.

We live in what virtually amounts to a museum – which does not happen to a lot of people.

I had been playing polo, and I decided to give up at the age of 50.

Wildlife of the world is disappearing, not because of a malicious and deliberate policy of slaughter and extermination, but simply because of a general and widespread ignorance and neglect.

Anyone who is concerned about his dignity would be well advised to keep away from horses.

It’s better to get out before you reach the sell-by date.

Young people are the same as they always were. They are just as ignorant.

I don’t think a prostitute is more moral than a wife, but they are doing the same thing.

I have very little experience of self-government. In fact, I am one of the most governed people in the world.

You could do with losing a little bit of weight.

If anyone has a new idea in this country, there are twice as many people who keep putting a man with a red flag in front of it.

Cannibalism is a radical but realistic solution to the problem of overpopulation.

It’s much better to go when you are still capable than wait until people say you’re so doddery it’s time you went.

My favourite subject at school was avoiding unnecessary work.

Everyone has to have a sense of duty. A duty to society, to their family. I mean, you name it.

Be phenomenal or be forgotten!

I shall revenge myself in the cruelest way you can imagine. I shall forget it.

You think it’s going to be easy? Forget about it! Don’t even try to be successful!

Loving you is what I’ve learned so easily but trying to forget you is the last thing I could hardly learn.

We should never forget the inevitable, as we will lose everything eventually. So, why fret over any kind of security? The idea is to just fly and experience it all while it lasts.

When my time comes, forget the wrong that I’ve done. Help me leave behind some reasons to be missed.

Never forget that when we are silent, we are one. And when we speak we are two.

Let’s not forget that in India the symbol of strength is a woman; the goddess Shakti.