126 Quotes by Gyles Brandreth

Indeed, the Duke of Edinburgh's disdain for his eldest son was all the more shocking because he made little or no attempt to hide it.

A humorous quotation is a little window on the world that gives life a comic twist.

I told Prince Philip that, having met them both, I was struck, not by the differences between him and Charles, but by their similarities.

I heard one woman say to another in the queue at a book signing: 'I shouldn't be buying this. He's a former Tory MP, you know.'

Princess Anne is like her father. From her, you'll never hear a complaint of any kind about her upbringing.

And the purpose of small talk is not to be controversial, clever or even interesting. It's simply to fill the silent void with a small gesture of common humanity. It's a spoken smile, a verbal handshake.

There are people who have rabbit stew still, it's quite a dish!

Being made redundant is a personal tragedy.

When you are standing in a corner at the party, when you've arrived early for the meeting, when the doors have closed but the lift won't start, there's nothing worse than being lost for words.