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" There's nothing like a jolly good disaster to get people to start doing something. "

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" All my life, people have been telling me what to do. I'm tired of it. My private life has become an industry. "

" Christianity was literally born in the Middle East, and we must not forget our Middle Eastern brothers and sisters in Christ. "

" It's always marvelous to have somebody who, you know, you feel understands and wants to encourage. "

" We can halt the destruction of the world's rainforests - and even restore parts of them - in order to ensure that the forests do what they are so good at - in other words, storing carbon naturally. "

" Extremism is no more the monopoly of Islam than it is the monopoly of other religions, including Christianity. "

" Conflict, of course, comes about because of the misuse of power and the clash of ideals, not to mention the inflammatory activities of unscrupulous and bigoted leaders. But it also arises, tragically, from an inability to understand and from the powerful emotions which, out of misunderstanding, lead to distrust and fear. "

" All the time I feel I must justify my existence. "

" We are not the technology. It should be our - you know, our slave, the technology. But it's rapidly becoming our master in many areas, I think. "

" As human beings, we suffer from an innate tendency to jump to conclusions, to judge people too quickly, and to pronounce them failures or heroes without due consideration. "

" We might be more inclined to think about the longer term if we were more aware of what is happening around us. Perhaps daily weather forecasts could include a few basic facts about the Earth's vital signs or details of where climate change is increasing the likelihood of damaging weather? "

" I have often thought that one of the less attractive traits of various professional bodies and institutions is the deeply ingrained suspicion and outright hostility which can exist towards anything unorthodox or unconventional. "

" It's always nice to have somebody on your side. "

" You have to give this much to the Luftwaffe: when it knocked down our buildings it did not replace them with anything more offensive than rubble. We did that. "

" The medieval Islamic world, from Central Asia to the shores of the Atlantic, was a world where scholars and men of learning flourished. But because we have tended to see Islam as the enemy of the West, as an alien culture, society, and system of belief, we have tended to ignore or erase its great relevance to our own history. "

" For me, Lord Mountbatten represented the grandfather I never had. "

" As you may possibly have noticed from time to time, I have tended to make a habit of sticking my head above the parapet and generally getting it shot off for pointing out what has always been blindingly obvious to me. "

" Women are not automatically second-class citizens because they live in Islamic countries. We cannot judge the position of women in Islam aright if we take the most conservative Islamic states as representative of the whole. "

" Your greatest achievement is to love me. "

" I'm not very good at being a performing monkey. "

" I think I can safely say that, as adolescents, most people have excess energy to spare and need adventure, excitement, and a challenge. "

" On an increasingly crowded planet, humanity faces many threats - but none is greater than climate change. It magnifies every hazard and tension of our existence. "

" The whole of the 20th century has always put the car at the center. So by putting the pedestrian first, you create these livable places, I think, with more attraction and interest and character. "

" Congratulations to 'Countdown' - it was an evening I will never forget - and a special thank you to Molly Meldrum. "

" I believe passionately that everyone has a particular God-given ability. "

" It is baffling, I must say, that in our modern world we have such blind trust in science and technology that we all accept what science tells us about everything - until, that is, it comes to climate science. "

" I sometimes wonder if two thirds of the globe is covered in red carpet. "

" Perhaps it has been too uncomfortable for those with vested interests to acknowledge, but we have spent the best part of the past century enthusiastically testing the world to utter destruction; not looking closely enough at the long-term impact our actions will have. "

" As long as I do not take myself too seriously, I should not be too badly off. "

" That's called a microphone. It's a big sausage that picks up everything you say - and you're starting early. "

" You don't want to see me all the time. You get bored. "