Blog - February 2012
Isn't language wonderful? People say the most amazing things. Almost all of them go unrecorded. So I like to lean out from time to time and grab some. Inspiring, crass, funny, beautiful, true ... here are a few of my recent favourites:
Billy Crystal, Oscar awards ceremony, 26 February
There's nothing to take the sting out of the world's economic problems like millionaires presenting each other with golden statues.
PM, Radio 4, 24 February
The first thing you need to know about the military is that they kill people.
Greg Wallace, Masterchef, BBC1, 22 February
It hasn't got Michel Roux elegance stamped all over it - but it has got fat bloke licking his lips stamped all over it.
PM, Radio 4, 21 February
The Somali pirates are conforming to a very successful business model.
Katarina Tidball, 17 February
Fortunately there is a guardian of the truth - and it's me.
Alex Polizzi, The Fixer, BBC2, 14 February
My mother is the person I look up to most in the world - but I've fantasised more about killing her than anyone else.
Shelina, Masterchef, BBC1, 9 February
Tom has cleared away my white truffle into the bin. It's a near death experience for me.
Tim Haywood, the Food Programme, Radio 4, 5 February
If there isn't any meat on my plate, I feel a physiological absence.
Denise Lewis, Desert Island Discs, Radio 4, 5 February
I went to church religiously.
Six Nations commentary, Scotland v England, ITV1, 4 February
He was born and brought up in Zimbabwe, but he's Scottish through and through.
Six Nations commentary, Scotland v England, ITV1, 4 February
Andy Robinson is prowling inside his cage like a tortured beast.
Chris Packham, Room 101, BBC1, 3 February
Chris Moyles is a totemic figure for the celebration of mediocrity and ignorance.
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