James Anthony Froude

A person possessed with an idea cannot be reasoned with.

Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.

The first duty of an historian is to be on guard against his own sympathies.

I'd date someone younger or older; age doesn't matter to me. Or looks, really - it's all about maturity.

As a young child my attention span was, as I remember it, rather short.

My comedy is for children from three to 93. You do need a slightly childish sense of humour and if you haven't got that, it's very sad.