I've never understood the 'things to do before you die' idea. If I was ill, I'd be i...
KARL PILKINGTON With evolution, things are always changing, so I sort of think: Should we all be growing three heads...
KARL PILKINGTON At the end of the day, teachers aren't going to mess about trying to make me into an Einstein, &...
KARL PILKINGTON It's not a joke: I really do like being at home.
KARL PILKINGTON I don't know what the future is, but you just do it whilst it's there, don't you?
KARL PILKINGTON I just sort of go along and say what I think -and that's all you can do in life, really.
KARL PILKINGTON The other day I was thinking - because I get a lot of headaches - I was wondering whether the head s...
KARL PILKINGTON We'll all die out eventually. Humans will be gone. And all I'm saying is, when people worry ...
KARL PILKINGTON But I'm not an idiot. At the end of the day, I've learned a lot.
KARL PILKINGTON For me, a good holiday is about value for money rather than things to see.
KARL PILKINGTON Everyone is living for everyone else now. They're doing stuff so they can tell other people abou...
KARL PILKINGTON Parrots have gone a bit quiet since pirates have gone.
KARL PILKINGTON A slug is always on its own. It's a lonely insect.
KARL PILKINGTON I sometimes wonder how we're short of cod. There's gonna be a load deep down that are hiding...
KARL PILKINGTON People who live in a glass house have to answer the door.
KARL PILKINGTON I've done some luxury flying, which is brilliant. It has only happened once or twice, but it was...
KARL PILKINGTON People who live in glass houses... have to answer the door.
KARL PILKINGTON It would be spiteful to put a Jellyfish in a trifle.
KARL PILKINGTON They say it all started out with a big bang. But, what I wonder is, was it a big bang or did it just...
KARL PILKINGTON I'd rather live in a cave with a view of a palace than live in a palace with a view of a cave.
KARL PILKINGTON Everywhere we walked we got plenty of attention due to the camera and sound men. The locals love to ...
KARL PILKINGTON I drive a car, like an adult. Not brilliantly. I'm not great.
KARL PILKINGTON I say have the night and give people the awards, but why do people want to watch people win awards? ...
KARL PILKINGTON I think it's mental to pay for water. Where is that water coming from? Are they in the hills put...
KARL PILKINGTON Me mum used to always have the radio on - even now she has it on in every room. Me girlfriend sort o...
KARL PILKINGTON There was some women in a café the other week that I was sat in, and she came up and she sat down w...
KARL PILKINGTON I think people would live a bit longer if they didn't know how old they were. Age puts restrictions ...
KARL PILKINGTON And we've got a toaster and everything. So there is no reason for the wedding.
KARL PILKINGTON I'm not that lazy, but I don't need that much money. I lead a fairly simple life.
KARL PILKINGTON Chinese people age overnight.
KARL PILKINGTON The poorer people and criminals of Mexico who are not very religious but not quite atheists, either,...
KARL PILKINGTON People say if bees die out, the world would end, apparently. Now, I don't know if that's tru...
KARL PILKINGTON If you sit in a bath of pineapple chunks, it can kill you. That's well documented.
KARL PILKINGTON That's the problem with having a bald head. It exaggerates the shape.
KARL PILKINGTON I came face-to-face with a gorilla which was quite good, but it was a 10-hour trek in bad weather, u...
KARL PILKINGTON Being honest with you, it's not the 'great' wall of China. It's an all right wall. I...
KARL PILKINGTON I found that being with happy positive people annoys me.
KARL PILKINGTON It's like there's some unwritten rule that if you're mates, you can say what you want to...
KARL PILKINGTON Making the 'An Idiot Abroad' series, I was really dreading going to India; I thought I'd...
KARL PILKINGTON The reason I did the book about holidays is that you're a different person on holiday. You'r...
KARL PILKINGTON Sometimes you can know too much. A lot of brainy people like Stephen Fry are quite depressive.
KARL PILKINGTON I've never worried about life's big questions.
KARL PILKINGTON I don't think I'd be a very good parent. I'd be too honest.
KARL PILKINGTON Who'd have thought the Frisbee would have caught on?
KARL PILKINGTON I've got loads of nieces and nephews.
KARL PILKINGTON Yesterday, I did some painting then went out to buy an onion and came home and watched 'Universi...
KARL PILKINGTON People eat duck and you think, well, we've got loads of chickens, leave the ducks alone!
KARL PILKINGTON It wouldn't happen... There hasn't been one publication by a monkey
KARL PILKINGTON We seem to live in a world where you have to walk around grinning like a loon. I can’t understand ...
KARL PILKINGTON When you've been on a programme called 'An Idiot Abroad' job offers aren't exactly f...
KARL PILKINGTON I really can't believe what a state the Pyramids are in. I thought they had flat rendered sides,...
KARL PILKINGTON I know who I am. Bloody hell, I'm getting enough bills for Karl Pilkington so I hope I am him, 'cos ...
KARL PILKINGTON I had a bad experience doing public speaking at school. I had to talk about a pen for five minutes a...
KARL PILKINGTON I'd say the best is when I was in Africa, I saw a hippo in a house. Someone had a pet hippo. And...
KARL PILKINGTON I think it's a problem when something's a dream because it'll never live up to your expe...
KARL PILKINGTON I don't want to go about offending people; that's not my plan.
KARL PILKINGTON They keep saying that sea levels are rising an' all this. It's nowt to do with the icebergs melting,...
KARL PILKINGTON I always have a problem liking things I'm told I should like.
KARL PILKINGTON The ball sack is supposed to be wrinkly; they’re not bloody worry lines! I can’t believe there�...
KARL PILKINGTON To me, a cat is an easy pet, they don't need any spoiling or looking after.
KARL PILKINGTON I've learnt that, even though I've travelled about, I haven't changed that much.
KARL PILKINGTON The problem I have with all this religion stuff is that I can't relate to it. I think most people go...
KARL PILKINGTON Stop looking at the walls, look out the window.
KARL PILKINGTON It's interesting to see that people had so much clutter even thousands of years ago. The only way to...
KARL PILKINGTON It's not easy keeping a diary. You have to be pretty committed.
KARL PILKINGTON Like most meaningful activities, campaigns are team games.
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL We've created an impression that life is risk-free, and it's not.
ALASTAIR WOOD We try to teach them how to make a presentation so that it's valuable to people, so they deliver a m...
ALASTAIR WOOD I thought my Beatles LPs sounded pretty good on a record player, but that was before I had heard a C...
ALASTAIR WOOD I think we need to think beyond the issue of absolute risk.
ALASTAIR WOOD I see my job as being to facilitate the life of clinical researchers so that they can be more produc...
ALASTAIR WOOD Even then, Vanderbilt was the premiere place for clinical pharmacology.
ALASTAIR WOOD A generation of arrogance. We didn't trust anyone over 30. We believed we could fix all the prejudic...
ALASTAIR WOOD and that risk is not trivial.
ALASTAIR WOOD There's no evidence they are a good value,
ALASTAIR WOOD It seems improbable to me that ... politics hasn't trumped science here, which is a tragedy,
ALASTAIR WOOD It's such an in-your-face country. Probably the best individual moment was getting to Cape Town, get...
ALASTAIR HUMPHREYS The first year I found really quite lonely and quite hard. It was awful. I was in this horrible hote...
ALASTAIR HUMPHREYS I didn't want to get a job. I wanted to see all these places and all that obvious stuff, but mostly ...
ALASTAIR HUMPHREYS I was at university and it was pretty easy, trundling along towards getting a job after that, I just...
ALASTAIR HUMPHREYS The suspension didn't come at a good time for me because I'd just holed another big putt and then I ...
ALASTAIR FORSYTH I was a bit nervous at the start and no doubt I will be tomorrow because there are good players brea...
ALASTAIR FORSYTH It was not a good time for me to stop because I just birdied 11 and 13, but I more than made up for ...
ALASTAIR FORSYTH I was pretty nervous at the start but handled it well. Tomorrow (Sunday) will be a tough day, though...
ALASTAIR FORSYTH The (new structure) will allow us to create a faster and stronger multidisciplinary team, which can ...
ALASTAIR CURTIS The Nokia 8800 is as much an object of art and desire, as it is an advanced piece of technology.
ALASTAIR CURTIS The Nokia 8800 has clearly found an audience with individuals who appreciate quality materials and w...
ALASTAIR CURTIS For many consumers, the mobile phone has truly become an extension of their personal style. Every de...
ALASTAIR CURTIS Kevin took the pressure off me, I just played my own game and watched from the other end.
ALASTAIR COOK Wicket has not spun as we thought it would. But the signs are there (that it will turn tomorrow). If...
ALASTAIR COOK I enjoyed the great experience of playing against India on its own ground, with the fans cheering al...
ALASTAIR COOK Sometimes opportunities come and you've got to try and take it.
ALASTAIR COOK David told me I was going as cover for Vaughan and to enjoy it,
ALASTAIR COOK It's unfortunate for Vaughan to be injured but a great opportunity for me and I will make the most o...
ALASTAIR COOK I'm very excited about it and can't wait to get together with the rest of the squad.
ALASTAIR COOK He has been fantastic. It is great, he every now and then takes you aside and gives you little bits ...
ALASTAIR COOK Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would be heading to Pakistan,
ALASTAIR COOK It was a great feeling to see that ball go through for four, it was unbelievable. It might be a clic...
ALASTAIR COOK I'm not sure what exactly the medical people have got planned for him, but I'd imagine he'd play a h...
ALASTAIR CLARKSON Certainly the stats so far suggest Carlton aren't going as long as what they did previously. We need...
ALASTAIR CLARKSON He's got belief in himself and we've got belief in him, so we move forward and he's playing and he's...
ALASTAIR CLARKSON It will depend on what the supply is like. There are so many variables.
ALASTAIR CLARKSON Their work over the whole game was great, but that third quarter was the difference between the two ...
ALASTAIR CLARKSON He hurt his shoulder about six weeks ago and he hasn't played any matches since then, so we thought ...
ALASTAIR CLARKSON He has said he is going to stay for a full term and I think it is absolutely right that he does that...
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL The EU is Russia's largest trading partner, and we are increasingly interdependent. It is on our int...
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL If it's a fundamental principle, the length of the grass doesn't matter.
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL When your lordships carefully and critically examine the evidence, they will be driven by that to co...
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL It is going to need a lot of continuing work talking to the parties before we can get to the stage o...
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL He found it hilarious that some of the press - the more one-eyed of the NZ media - were blaming me f...
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL A huge character, Gareth would bring a very different, perhaps more warlike approach,
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL time to move on and do other things.
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL The reality is, there is no point denying this, that Tony has taken a big political hit as a result ...
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL We don?t do God, I am sorry.' - when asked by an American reporter about Tony Blair?s religious view...
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL We should confine booing in sports arenas to sport. I love a good boo as much as the next football f...
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL The thing about politicians in Britain is that they are out there, you can lobby them, get close to ...
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL My closest friend, who died not long ago, is buried near Marx's grave in Highgate cemetery, so I...
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL My public caricature - that of a self-confident alpha male - is only partly accurate.
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL May I share with you my earliest memory of a political row? It was with my mother, about the Queen -...
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL We've had science fiction novels where China is dominant; we've had novels where India is do...
ALASTAIR REYNOLDS So here is one of my theories on happiness: we cannot know if we have lived a truly happy life until...
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL I hold no candle for George Osborne whatsoever. He has no strategic skills, is a hopeless chancellor...
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL I don't know." That was typical Sajaki; like all the genuinely clever people Sylveste had met he kne...
ALASTAIR REYNOLDS The media are obsessed with spin doctors and with portraying them as a bad thing, yet seem addicted ...
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL The day of the daredevil reporter who refuses to see obstacles to getting the truth, and seeing it w...
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL In an ideal world, it would not take a film star to get the media focused on mental illness.
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL I couldn't ever write a straight crime novel: there'd be an intrusion of weirdness at some p...
ALASTAIR REYNOLDS Can we drop the ‘artificial intelligence’? It’s a bit like me calling you a meat-based process...
ALASTAIR REYNOLDS may have killed the cat; more likely
the cat was just unlucky, or else curious
to see what d...
ALASTAIR REID Children are entitled to their otherness, as anyone is; and when we reach them, as we sometimes do, ...
ALASTAIR REID We may see prices coming off. We're seeing less demand for gold in jewelry.
ALASTAIR MCINTYRE We're having a bit of consolidation as the dollar strengthens a bit. But there's no change in the tr...
ALASTAIR MCINTYRE Anytime we've got above $900, the real demand for platinum in terms of discretionary buying has, if ...
ALASTAIR MCINTYRE The takeover vehicles being created tend to be high risk because they are exposed to a lot of debt. ...
ALASTAIR GUNN Associated British Ports has got an asset base in the ports, a security of income and a consistency ...
ALASTAIR GUNN Freedom is when the people can speak, democracy is when the government listens.
ALASTAIR FARRUGIA In Palestinian eyes we can no longer be considered an honest broker.
ALASTAIR CROOKE As soon as the defendant found out the story was untrue _ it had been picked up from another newspap...
ALASTAIR BRETT South Korea and India are key markets for diesel growth in Asia, and the market in China is continuo...
ALASTAIR BEDWELL As a proven, cost-effective and 'off-the-shelf' solution, diesel has a head start over other emergin...
ALASTAIR BEDWELL Enjoy it, kid. Enjoy feeling that you can make a difference.' Floyd flashed him a smile. 'It won't l...
ALASTAIR REYNOLDS When you're writing stuff that's already clotted with neologisms and trying to get across fa...
ALASTAIR REYNOLDS There is going to have to be another leader in place when the next election comes and you would have...
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL He included plenty of references of specific points of anxiety relating to the training and the day ...
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL That is just something that he is prepared to take because he thinks the benefits to the country out...
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL A city's only ever three hot meals away from anarchy.
ALASTAIR REYNOLDS For the entire period I worked for Tony Blair, almost a decade, I did not use a computer. This was n...
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL I'm not a morning person: I can't function until I've had a coffee - or several.
ALASTAIR REYNOLDS And what cats have to tell
on each return from hell
is this: that dying is what the living...
ALASTAIR REID It has been raining here for ten years.I keep an accurate record of time and can state this with no ...
ALASTAIR BRUCE He had an outstanding game with two fifties and four wickets to round off a week in which he became ...
ALASTAIR COOK He is a fantastic captain to have and we all have just been following him.
ALASTAIR COOK Genetics is very much about having large numbers of animals so you can select the elite population a...
ALASTAIR NELSON But beyond a certain scale vast was simply vast.
ALASTAIR REYNOLDS Friends have suggested that I am the least qualified person to talk about happiness, because I am of...
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL There are many reasons for the decline in royal esteem. One is that so many of the royals are thick.
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL Clinton is a big personality who has led a big life, and for some of the media conventional wisdom t...
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL Nightside, cities glistened in chains, and a spray of tinkertoy habitats girdled the planet. Gossame...
ALASTAIR REYNOLDS My dad, Donald, was a vet and had a practice in Yorkshire. Cats and dogs were his bread and butter, ...
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL My aunty says I'm the double of my father. He was a workaholic, which I've definitely inheri...
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL Only an evolutionary eyeblink separated Kanu from the savannah, and that was just as true for the Ri...
ALASTAIR REYNOLDS I'm always a little bit cautious around invented terminology because so much science fiction is ...
ALASTAIR REYNOLDS I'm certainly driven, I hate losing, I can be ruthless and short-tempered and terribly competiti...
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL Making love was a game of echoes. We had shared memories so many times that when I made love to her,...
ALASTAIR REYNOLDS Yves Klein said it was the essence of colour itself: the colour that stood for all other colours. A ...
ALASTAIR REYNOLDS To see something marvellous with your own eyes –that’s wonderful enough.

But when tw...
ALASTAIR REYNOLDS We've created an impression that life is risk-free, and it's not.
ALASTAIR WOOD I think the danger with using the term 'trilogy' is that it sets up particular expectations ...
ALASTAIR REYNOLDS If there's a story I absolutely cannot tell without faster-than-light travel, then I am quite pr...
ALASTAIR REYNOLDS I always say that keeping abreast of science should never be seen as a chore. It should be something...
ALASTAIR REYNOLDS I am playing in a playground that's already been played in. I am always aware that a lot of the ...
ALASTAIR REYNOLDS When I look back at many of the moments of wonder, awe, or terror that I've got from science fic...
ALASTAIR REYNOLDS To be remembered at all is an achievement of sorts.
ALASTAIR REYNOLDS I'm not massively fond of right-wing nutters or war criminals.
ALASTAIR REYNOLDS I'm still bothered by the threat of nuclear war.
ALASTAIR REYNOLDS One of the big breakthroughs I had as a writer was when I stopped agonising over every word.
ALASTAIR REYNOLDS I've never had much interest in spinoffery - the idea of writing in someone else's universe ...
ALASTAIR REYNOLDS I'm fascinated by steam engines and with Victorian engineering generally, and as a corollary to ...
ALASTAIR REYNOLDS I was never strong at maths, but I eventually got onto a university physics/astronomy course, and th...
ALASTAIR REYNOLDS I think I set myself on a course to become a scientist around about the time that Carl Sagan's &...
ALASTAIR REYNOLDS I prioritise story over science, but not at the expense of being really stupid about it.
ALASTAIR REYNOLDS The pressures to get the story first, if wrong, are greater sometimes than the pressures to get the ...
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL I want to write more books, see my first novel made into a film, fight more campaigns, work in more ...
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL The bad news for journalists today is that the media, however seriously people who are in the public...
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL By asking the question 'Am I happy?,' and via the answer setting out what I mean by happines...
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL I think I'm highly loveable.
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL There has been a shift to what may be defined as a culture of negativity which goes well beyond cove...
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL I had a happy childhood.
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL One in four of us will have a mental illness at some point. That is a lot of people.
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL Don't accept that you are in crisis just because everyone says you are.
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL All I can say for certain is that, beneath the scrambled chaos of my memories, I feel a driving impe...
ALASTAIR REYNOLDS When Clive announced the team to play Southland on Tuesday, it was a rare occasion where players wer...
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL The ultimate irony in this vast struggle (available to audience members who want to think about it b...
ACE G. PILKINGTON Enslavement can come in many guises and the denial of knowledge is one such tragic example inflicted...
ALASTAIR R. AGUTTER Love can come from enduring ones life journey, where from such a venture, you will learn compassion ...
ALASTAIR R. AGUTTER The Arts, Hobbies, Interests and Pastimes, have served as a measurement of a civilized society over ...
ALASTAIR R. AGUTTER