“Tolerance is a very dull virtue. It is boring. Unlike love, it has alw...” — E. M. Forster Quote

“Tolerance is a very dull virtue. It is boring. Unlike love, it has always had a bad press. It is negative. It merely means putting up with people, being able to stand things.”

“Surely the only sound foundation for a civilization is a sound state of mind.”

“I have only got down on to paper, really, three types of people: the person I think I am, the people who irritate me, and the people I'd like to be.”

“Carbs get a bad press, but they're pretty important.”

“Early on in my career I had a lot of bad press about my temperament, but I was only a young lad then.”

“I am very much aware that if I am getting good press at the moment I could just as easily be getting bad press. I cannot have the good and forget the bad. You have to accept it both ways.”