The worst thing about being a great power is when you're not one any more. It takes centuries to get over it. — Ben Elton Copy Share Image
I think trying to be cool is the worst possible ambition - and I have never suffered from it. — Ben Elton Copy Share Image
“[H]e was damned if he was going to water down his arguments simply to satisfy the preference of the mob for dogma and ignorance.” — Ben Elton Copy Share Image
“People in that crowd want to make poverty history, but NOT if they have to pay for it themselves” — ben elton Copy Share Image
We've all got to look at ourselves, start with yourself, that's all you can do. I believe that we can act responsibly as a… — Ben Elton Copy Share Image
“We've just lost our way, that's all. But what if you could give us a chance to do better? Just one chance? One single… — Ben Elton Copy Share Image
I try hard not to preach, but I get carried away, which is a mistake, but it's a risk worth running. — Ben Elton Copy Share Image
The earth only has so much bounty to offer and inventing ever larger and more notional prices for that bounty does not change its… — Ben Elton Copy Share Image
My advice to anyone adapting a novel is that once they've read it and learnt to understand it, then they must throw it away… — Ben Elton Copy Share Image
“New York will always seem more real than anything Britain has to offer. It is strange that, although the majority of British people have… — Ben Elton Copy Share Image
Yes, OK, farty is a silly word. I wish I'd never used it. I'm 34. Perhaps it was a word for my 20s. — Ben Elton Copy Share Image
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