“As so often happens, I discover that it would have been better to keep my mouth shut.”

There are always twenty excellent reasons for doing nothing for every one reason for starting anything-especially if it has never been done before.

Human population growth is probably the single most serious long-term threat to survival.

A gun is no more dangerous than a cricket bat in the hands of a madman.

If I were reincarnated I would wish to be returned to Earth as a killer virus to lower human population levels.

I have frequently been misrepresented. I don’t hate the press; I find a lot of it is very unpalatable.

British women can’t cook.

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.

Of all affairs, communication is the most wonderful.

I believe that all men are just overgrown boys with deep problems communicating.

Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true.

I feel like I was writing as I was learning to talk. Writing was always a go-to form of communication. And I knew I could sing from being in tune with the radio.

Words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.

People make music to get a reaction. Music is communication.

I say what I mean. I don’t speak in code. That’s why I am a star and ace communicator.

Leadership requires two things: a vision of the world that does not yet exist and the ability to communicate it.