"Basically I'm a very serious person, but I think the form it takes with me is comedy. I see the amusing side of all potentially pompous situations."

"I mean, the enclosures in Britain would never have happened without the king’s army and without state bruta…"

"If the German people lay down their weapons, the Soviets, according to the agreement between Roosevelt, Chu…"

"I have been to Switzerland before but not to this house or to a Swiss bank."

"Without mathematics, we are blind."

"The fear of failure isn’t an easy thing to sit with, but it’s also what pushes you to try your hardest no m…"

"Did you see that recent flick, Hollow Man? Good effects but the dialogue was crap. Kevin Bacon is a hot sho…"