Taste every fruit of every tree in the garden at least once. It is an insult to creation not to experience it fully. Temperance is wickedness.

Quote by Stephen Fry

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I have pushed the boat out as far as I should in terms of taking...

I have pushed the boat out as far as I should in terms of taking...

That one can love another of the same gender, that is what the homophobe really...

That one can love another of the same gender, that is what the homophobe really...

You don't sit down and write a wish list about the person you are going...

You don't sit down and write a wish list about the person you are going...

Many people would no more think of entering journalism than the sewage business - which...

Many people would no more think of entering journalism than the sewage business - which...

Oh, it takes a lot for me to walk out of a film.

Oh, it takes a lot for me to walk out of a film.

I don't need you to remind me of my age. I have a bladder to...

I don't need you to remind me of my age. I have a bladder to...

It only takes a room of Americans for the English and Australians to realise how...

It only takes a room of Americans for the English and Australians to realise how...

I like to think of myself at home in the armchair, writing, smoking and occasionally...

I like to think of myself at home in the armchair, writing, smoking and occasionally...

But happiness is no respecter of persons.

But happiness is no respecter of persons.

As I say I don't want to kill myself, I just wouldn't mind dying.

As I say I don't want to kill myself, I just wouldn't mind dying.

I'd probably want to teach at university, because children would drive me insane. I suspect...

I'd probably want to teach at university, because children would drive me insane. I suspect...

I think we have all experienced passion that is not in any sense reasonable.

I think we have all experienced passion that is not in any sense reasonable.

It's rather splendid to think of all those great men and women who appear to...

It's rather splendid to think of all those great men and women who appear to...

There is so much we can learn from TV. It's a window on the world.

There is so much we can learn from TV. It's a window on the world.

I think my view is that whenever you project into the future you're never likely...

I think my view is that whenever you project into the future you're never likely...

If I had a large amount of money I should found a hospital for those...

If I had a large amount of money I should found a hospital for those...

I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar...

I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar...

How can one not be fond of something that the Daily Mail despises?

How can one not be fond of something that the Daily Mail despises?

Bigotry and intolerance, silenced by argument, endeavors to silence by persecution, in old days by...

Bigotry and intolerance, silenced by argument, endeavors to silence by persecution, in old days by...

All our silences in the face of racist assault are acts of complicity.

All our silences in the face of racist assault are acts of complicity.