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Ben Elton quotes: People who get through life dependent on other people's possessions are always the first to lecture you on how little possessions count.

People who get through life dependent on other people's possessions are always the first to lecture you on how little possessions count.

Ben Elton quotes: Leaders should never, ever try to look cool - that's for dictators

Leaders should never, ever try to look cool - that's for dictators

Ben Elton quotes: You think I look like a teletubby?

You think I look like a teletubby?

Ben Elton quotes: They were the Saturday Club, a secret society of which only the four of them were aware and which none other could join.

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 quotes: History is made by people. And the majority of people are arseholes. Which is I suppose why the majority of history has been so disastrous.

History is made by people. And the majority of people are arseholes. Which is I suppose why the majority of history has been so disastrous.

Ben Elton quotes: The reactionary point of view was always so easy to put, the complex, radical argument always so easy to put down.

The reactionary point of view was always so easy to put, the complex, radical argument always so easy to put down.

Ben Elton quotes: To positively discriminate in favour of groups that have been negatively discriminated against in the past.

To positively discriminate in favour of groups that have been negatively discriminated against in the past.

Ben Elton quotes: You didn't wake up, your dreams just changed gear.

You didn't wake up, your dreams just changed gear.

Ben Elton quotes: I exercise hard and the reason I do is so that I can earn the things I like to consume.

I exercise hard and the reason I do is so that I can earn the things I like to consume.

Ben Elton quotes: I did not vote Labour because they've heard of Oasis and nobody is going to vote Tory because William Hague has got a baseball cap.

I did not vote Labour because they've heard of Oasis and nobody is going to vote Tory because William Hague has got a baseball cap.

Ben Elton quotes: I find the fact that billionaires are quoted as if the fact that they are billionaires gives them some kind of wisdom is outrageous.

I find the fact that billionaires are quoted as if the fact that they are billionaires gives them some kind of wisdom is outrageous.

Ben Elton quotes: There are lots of things I could have done for the money, but I've made a great living doing the things I want to do.

There are lots of things I could have done for the money, but I've made a great living doing the things I want to do.

Ben Elton quotes: The earth only has so much bounty to offer and inventing ever larger and more notional prices for that bounty does not change its real value.

The earth only has so much bounty to offer and inventing ever larger and more notional prices for that bounty does not change its real value.

Ben Elton quotes: What a world, eh? Sometimes I wish I could just live somewhere on Radio 4.

What a world, eh? Sometimes I wish I could just live somewhere on Radio 4.

Ben Elton quotes: I try hard not to preach, but I get carried away, which is a mistake, but it's a risk worth running.

I try hard not to preach, but I get carried away, which is a mistake, but it's a risk worth running.

Ben Elton quotes: Comedy will always be central to what I do, it's just an instinct for me, but I am a writer and always have been.

Comedy will always be central to what I do, it's just an instinct for me, but I am a writer and always have been.

Ben Elton quotes: With privilege comes responsibility, you must understand that. People expect us to lead by example and we shall not disappoint them.

With privilege comes responsibility, you must understand that. People expect us to lead by example and we shall not disappoint them.

Ben Elton quotes: The worst thing about being a great power is when you're not one any more. It takes centuries to get over it.

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 quotes: I'm lucky because the strongest emotion I have ever felt is being in love, and that definitely informs my writing.

I'm lucky because the strongest emotion I have ever felt is being in love, and that definitely informs my writing.

Ben Elton quotes: I think trying to be cool is the worst possible ambition - and I have never suffered from it.

I think trying to be cool is the worst possible ambition - and I have never suffered from it.

Ben Elton quotes: So far no one has claimed responsibility.

So far no one has claimed responsibility.

Ben Elton quotes: And through all that dreadful darkness she had remembered him. He who loved her. He who still loved her. Who would always love her.

And through all that dreadful darkness she had remembered him. He who loved her. He who still loved her. Who would always love her.

Ben Elton quotes: Sympathy for victims is always counter-balanced by an equal and opposite feeling of resentment towards them.

Sympathy for victims is always counter-balanced by an equal and opposite feeling of resentment towards them.

Ben Elton quotes: This calls for a very special blend of psychology and extreme violence.

This calls for a very special blend of psychology and extreme violence.

Ben Elton quotes: What the matter wit' your momma? She only know one name?' Stone

What the matter wit' your momma? She only know one name?' Stone

Ben Elton quotes: The appropriation of radical thinking by lazy, self-obsessed hippies is a public relations disaster that could cost the earth.

The appropriation of radical thinking by lazy, self-obsessed hippies is a public relations disaster that could cost the earth.

Ben Elton quotes: I think it is very difficult to legislate for morality.

I think it is very difficult to legislate for morality.

Ben Elton quotes: I see dull people as projects ... to be reformed

I see dull people as projects ... to be reformed

Ben Elton quotes: I don't consider myself Jewish. I am half-Jewish by race but not through my mother.

I don't consider myself Jewish. I am half-Jewish by race but not through my mother.

Ben Elton quotes: Artists don't create society, they reflect it

Artists don't create society, they reflect it

Ben Elton quotes: Ironies. Hubris, pride, comes before a fall. When

Ironies. Hubris, pride, comes before a fall. When

Ben Elton quotes: My parents were secular. I am an atheist.

My parents were secular. I am an atheist.

Ben Elton quotes: People in that crowd want to make poverty history, but NOT if they have to pay for it themselves

People in that crowd want to make poverty history, but NOT if they have to pay for it themselves

Ben Elton quotes: And roast beef and Yorkshire pudding is my personal signature dish.

And roast beef and Yorkshire pudding is my personal signature dish.

Ben Elton quotes: I'm easy to work with, not a pushover, but I respond to criticism and find it inspiring.

I'm easy to work with, not a pushover, but I respond to criticism and find it inspiring.

Ben Elton quotes: You're mugging old ladies every bit as much if you pinch their pension fund

You're mugging old ladies every bit as much if you pinch their pension fund

Ben Elton quotes: [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.

[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 quotes: 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.

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.