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“Like most parents, I've been stumped by homework, the big questions, such as: 'What is the point of geography - the pilot always knows where we are going?'. Answer: 'If you didn't know any geography, people would think you were an American, and you wouldn't be able to put them right because you wouldn't know where they live.'”
Source : A.A. Gill (2010). “Paper View: The Best of The Sunday Times Television Columns”, p.127, Hachette UK
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“Facts are what pedantic, dull people have instead of opinions.”
Source : A.A. Gill (2007). “The Angry Island: Hunting the English”, p.11, Simon and Schuster
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“God does not so much want us to do things as to let people see what He can do.”
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“Once a leader delegates, he should show utmost confidence in the people he has entrusted.”
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“People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.”
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“People who deal with life generously and large-heartedly go on multiplying relationships to the end.”
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“Money has no color. If you can build a better mousetrap, it won't matter whether you're black or white. People will buy it.”
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“You can't help the poor by being one of them.”
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“Doom very evenly! Do not doom one doom to the rich; another to the poor! Nor doom one doom to your friend; another to your foe!”
Source : The Doom Book (Legal Code of Ælfred the Great), 893.
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“Actors never say they're poor. They're always broke. It's always just temporary. 'Broke' is 'poor with hope'.”
