Peter Clark

“He's a smooth-tongued, cold-eyed, hard-nosed, two-faced creep,' I said, trying to be fair.
She was puzzled. 'How is he so successful?'
'Because,' I explained, 'he's a smooth-tongued, cold-eyed, hard-nosed, two-faced creep.”
― Jonathan Lynn & Anthony Jay, The Complete Yes Minister

“My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.”
― Albert Einstein

“The explanation requiring the fewest assumptions is most likely to be correct.”
― Franciscan friar William of Ockham

“I went on to explain that it is an honour, and also that we need a transport policy.
"If by 'we' you mean Britain, that's perfectly true," he acknowledged. "But if by 'we' you mean you and me and this Department, we need a transport policy like an aperture in the cranial cavity.”
― Jonathan Lynn & Anthony Jay, The Complete Yes Minister