John Howard Davies was not a very human person... if you made a mistake of any kind, any sort of pause in speech, he would treat you rather as if he was a schoolmaster.

Dressing up as decrepit old ladies, and even decrepit young ladies, was one of our staples.

There is no cannibalism in the British navy, absolutely none, and when I say none, I mean there is a certain amount.

I can't talk to a man who bears an undeserved animosity towards ferrets.

We are no longer the knights who say Ni! We are now the knights who say ekki-ekki-ekki-pitang-zoom-boing!