Particular Quotes

The invasion of Iraq, particularly, gave a big shot in the arm to the jihadi extremists.

Advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest way of selling goods, particularly if the goods are worthless.

The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern.

A public man has no right to let his actions be determined by particular interests. He does the same thing as a judge who accepts a bribe. Like a judge he must consider what is right, not what is advantageous to a party or class.

Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.

I like traditional music. I listen to a lot of it. There is no particular reason to present these recordings.

More people, especially young people, are realising that if they want change, they’ve got to go about it themselves – they can’t depend on a particular person, ie me, to do all the work. They are less easy to fool than they used to be, they now know what’s going on all over the world.

The song ‘Bite the Thong’ in particular, with Damon Albarn, really encapsulates the whole dilemma of, ‘

And to use my particular sense of humor, and hear people laughing, without me having to stand up in front of an audience and tell jokes.

We have quite a large area, and that makes it more fun for us – certainly more satisfying, because it doesn’t restrict us to one particular idea or one particular style.