Quips& Quotes

“Self-love seems so often unrequited.” – Anthony Powell, quoted in the Week

“Being old is cool.” – Helen Mirren

“America: where you have the guaranteed right to own a gun – but not the human right to healthcare when you get shot by a gun.”

– human rights activist Qasim Rashid

“In 30 years of healthcare, I have addressed all my patients as ‘good girl’ and ‘good boy’, and sometimes even as ‘gorgeous’. This has always been well received.” – Nottingham vet John Oleshko quoted in the New Zealand Herald

“Davos is where billionaires tell millionaires how the middle class feels.” – Jamie Dimon, quoted in the Washington Post

“Bono is everywhere. He’s like Mickey Mouse. You can’t get away from him on any continent.” – David Mitchell on Bono turning up at Davos

“All of us have to learn to invent our lives, make them up, imagine them. If we don’t, our lives get made up for us by other people.” – Ursula Le Guin

“Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.” – Germaine de Stael

“All human progress depends on overreaction.” – UK broadcaster Libby Purves in the Times

“An economist is a man who knows 364 ways of making love – but doesn’t know any women.” – Geoffrey Howe, quoted in the Times