People like to trace their ancestry.

I am a gentleman, though spoiled i' the breeding. The Buzzards are all gentlemen. We came with the Conqueror.

People say I'm shrill and strident.

We admit that we are like apes, but we seldom realise that we are apes.

I like to think 'The God Delusion' is a humorous book. I think, actually, it's full of laughs. And people who describe it as a polarizing book or as an aggressive book, it's just that very often they haven't read it.

There are many very educated people who are religious, but they're not creationists.