9 Quotes by Bob Ellis

We share the concern as to the importance of registration in these cases, and this one is no different,

We just haven't seen cases that warrant prosecution in that way.

He is possibly the most accomplished screen actor in the country. He has an intimacy with the camera which is rare in the world. He is also very reliable, is always good on every take.

There can be situations, but they would be rare, where if we felt the case was at risk, to not require registration.

It was a beautiful landing. But I asked Kenny, 'Why didn't you land it in that big green area with all the room?' He said to me, 'Bob, that's where I was trying to land it.

In his usual perverse way, because he is so good at it, he thinks little of acting. Because he has an absolute gift for it, he regards it as no accomplishment at all and prefers to think of himself as musician or something. It is a pity.

The fruits of the pastor's labors have been truly appalling.

If Capitalism has a definition it includes, surely, the concept value for money. You do not spend any more than your have to; you go where labour is cheapest, resources most bountiful, rules most lax, governments most permissive. Yet you also pay an idiot a fortune for doing nothing, and it is hard to see why. And if he is a hereditary idiot, very hard to see why.

There is a proven method by which, over time, the author has preserved his power to function and confidently recommends. It is this: You put on your pillow a small radio, its volume set at just above, or just below, clear audibility, tuned to a station where calm talking occurs, little music, and no shouted commercials. This reminds you of when, as a baby in a cradle, you heard the soft murmur of adult conversation in the adjacent room, and felt safe and loved and could therefore sleep secure.