“Why would you want to drape yourself in the trappings of marriage?” — David Starkey Quote

Why would you want to drape yourself in the trappings of marriage?

My mother had been an incredibly bright kid but her family couldn't afford for her to stay in education. So she lived through me. She was a very remarkable woman and I owe a huge debt to her. She was unashamed about delighting in the fact that I was intelligent, and she drove and pushed me. She was also completely indifferent to popularity.

The BBC is in many ways wonderful, but it is not good at recognising when a programme has come to the end of its natural life.

I've always challenged authority.

In the early 60s, you read your essays to your supervisor rather than hand them in. I was both lazy and clever, and realised I didn't need to write essays at all, I could simply talk with some notes in front of me.

We are no more content to plod along the beaten paths - and so marriage must go the way of God.

The real act of marriage takes place in the heart, not in the ballroom or church or synagogue. It's a choice you make - not just on your wedding day, but over and over again - and that choice is reflected in the way you treat your husband or wife.

I'll say this: The media wasn't invited to my marriage, and they're definitely not invited into the divorce.

Marriage, n: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two.

You know, my friends, with what a brave carouse I made a Second Marriage in my house; favored old barren reason from my bed, and took the daughter of the vine to spouse.