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

It’s a pleasure to be in a country that isn’t ruled by its people.

The man who invented the red carpet needed his head examined.

Everything that wasn’t invented by God is invented by an engineer.

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.

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.

If I don’t have wisdom, I can teach you only ignorance.

No wealth like education and no poverty like ignorance.

Racism exists, but it is far less rampant than ignorance, and ignorance can be cured through experience.

Let us continue to protest greed and ignorance while making positive changes in our own lifestyles.

It is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance.

We should all learn from our experiences, but I don’t think hatred is the best way to deal with ignorance.

My songs is hard stuff which politicians don’t want on them radio station because they still want people to live in ignorancy.

The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they’re ignorant; it’s just that they know so much that isn’t so.