Quips & Quotes

“It’s a funny kind of month, October. For the really keen cricket fan, it’s when you discover that your wife left you in May.” – Denis Norden, quoted in the Times

“I know it’s tempting to angrily shout at US senators, but remember, the only thing it’ll get you is a seat on the Supreme Court.” – US screenwriter Jess Dweck

“Religion is an attempt to find meaning in events, not a theory that tries to explain the universe.” – philosopher John Gray

“They do a more thorough investigation of the contestants on The

Bachelor than they did for the Supreme Court. I’ve interviewed more people this week than the FBI has.” – US comedian Jimmy Kimmel

“The first condition of human goodness is something to love; the second, something to reverence.” – writer George Eliot

“Trump is a self-basting satirist.” – comic writer and filmmaker Armando Iannucci

“The problem with living life to the full is that you’re not actually living life at all – you’re just careering from one thing to another, in the hope of finding meaning in it.” – writer Bryony Gordon quoted in the Daily Telegraph

“Real power is – I don’t even want to use the word – fear.” – Donald Trump to Bob Woodward

“Tradition is tending the flame, not worshipping the ashes.” – Gustav Mahler quoted in the Week