“ They were the Saturday Club, a secret society of which only the four of them were aware and which none other could join. Ben Elton
“ A society sufficiently sophisticated to produce the internal combustion engine has not had the sophistication to develop cheap and efficient public transport?'‘Yes, boss... it’s true. There’s hardly a… Ben Elton
“ She spoke loudly in order to be heard above the noise of personal communitainers that were thudding and banging all around them. Some people used earphones, some didn't, clearly believing that as many… Ben Elton
“ Sympathy for victims is always counter-balanced by an equal and opposite feeling of resentment towards them. Ben Elton
“ The internet was supposed to liberate knowledge, but in fact it buried it, first under a vast sewer of ignorance, laziness, bigotry, superstition and filth and then beneath the cloak of political surv… Ben Elton
“ New York will always seem more real than anything Britain has to offer. It is strange that, although the majority of British people have never seen a skate-boarding body-popper, an exploding fire-hydr… Ben Elton
“ People in that crowd want to make poverty history, but NOT if they have to pay for it themselves Ben Elton
“ Dinner? You want to eat with me?’ ‘That’s right, a Jew and queer, eh? The SS would love that, wouldn’t they? Perhaps we can plot an assassination attempt. Ben Elton
“ It’s a curse to have a mind if it is illegal to use it. It’s a curse to have intelligence if you are forced to cloak it in a lifetime of wilful stupidity. Ben Elton
“ A time when the miracles of technology were still virile and exciting: steam engines and flying machines, not smart phones and cosmetic surgery. When there were still wildernesses left to explore and… Ben Elton
“ I think trying to be cool is the worst possible ambition - and I have never suffered from it. Ben Elton
