If we find it hard to believe that winning millions might not be so lucky after all, we just don't have a good enough imagination. If I fantasise... →
Julian Baggini
Big sporting events and spectacles might give the national morale a shot in the arm, but they are too transient and taste-specific to stand as robust... →
The idea that there is a sharp boundary between our true inner selves and the outside world is pervasive but highly questionable. The boundaries of... →
Rules matter, and to be rules they need to be universal in form: always do this, never do that. But it is foolish to rule out in advance the... →
I think about death all the time. I know there's nothing out there, but I'm curious. There's a 300 billion-to-one chance that there might... →
David Bailey
There will always be a slight difference between the reel and the real. Even my family might know 99 per cent about me, but there will be this one... →
Vidya Balan
I imagine how hard it might be to walk down the runway. Me in heels is, like, deforesting the forest, knocking trees, completely 'timber!'
Ireland Baldwin
Orwell's '1984' convinced me, rightly or wrongly, that Marxism was only a quantum leap away from tyranny. By contrast, Huxley's... →
J. G. Ballard
I wouldn't want my daughters to date a guy like me. I was dangerous around women in my twenties. I'm terrified that they might end up with... →
Antonio Banderas
During my time, there might have been one pitcher or two that were top pitchers on a team. Teams that won maybe had three, but today they have a lot... →
Ernie Banks