"I hate my wife. What if I knock her over the head, bury her in the garden and make out she's run off with her fancy man. Then eventually me and the nanny can finally get married and have a marvelous pampered life and noone will be any the wiser."
"God, this business conference crowd can't get enough of me, I can't do a thing wrong. No, don't worry about the printed speech, Miss Smith, I feel in a good mood to just wing this one."
Gerald Ratner
"Ooh, this looks a tricky high ball to deal with. I think some kind of backpass would be safest."
Steve Hodge
"Heh heh, look at those fools. I filled in my tax forms a year ago!"
Homer Simpson / Al Capone
"An autograph? Sure, anything for a fan."
John Lennon
"One Travelcard, please. Hey, this gives me an idea..."
Christian Gross
"What an outrageous allegation. I'll see you in court for this..."
Oscar Wilde
Jonathan Aitken's promise to use the "sword of truth" against the Guardian and then sued the newspaper for libel in a row over his dealings with Saudi arms traders.
That was before he went to prison for perjury after he was revealed to have lied repeatedly.