I don’t know what people who I’ve never met think about me. Some have written horrible things, some have written nice things – but I’m proud of the fact I’ve remained close to everyone I’ve ever worked with.
BEN ELTONI find the fact that billionaires are quoted as if the fact that they are billionaires gives them some kind of wisdom is outrageous.
More Ben Elton Quotes
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Kingsley watched her disappear from the room, wondering if his heart would break. Logic informed him that of course it would not. The heart was no more than a muscle, a pump which distributed blood about the body.
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Artists don’t create society, they reflect it
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You think I look like a teletubby?
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The worst thing about being a great power is when you’re not one any more. It takes centuries to get over it.
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And roast beef and Yorkshire pudding is my personal signature dish.
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We’ve all got to look at ourselves, start with yourself, that’s all you can do. I believe that we can act responsibly as a group, it’s just that there are vested interests telling us not to bother.
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There are lots of things I could have done for the money, but I’ve made a great living doing the things I want to do.
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I find the fact that billionaires are quoted as if the fact that they are billionaires gives them some kind of wisdom is outrageous.
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My parents were secular. I am an atheist.
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Yes, OK, farty is a silly word. I wish I’d never used it. I’m 34. Perhaps it was a word for my 20s.
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I think it is very difficult to legislate for morality.
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And of course to hunt down sedition. Only paper is safe. Books are the key. A book cannot be accessed from afar, you have to hold it, you have to read it.
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The earth only has so much bounty to offer and inventing ever larger and more notional prices for that bounty does not change its real value.
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People who get through life dependent on other people’s possessions are always the first to lecture you on how little possessions count.
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I see dull people as projects … to be reformed
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