Sympathy for victims is always counter-balanced by an equal and opposite feeling of resentment towards them. – Ben Elton
People who get through life dependent on other peoples possessions are always the first to lecture you on how little possessions count. – Ben Elton
The earth only has so much bounty to offer and inventing ever larger and more notional prices for that bounty does not change its real value. – Ben Elton
I think trying to be cool is the worst possible ambition – and I have never suffered from it. – Ben Elton
I still believe that capitalism is too harsh and I believe that, even within that, there is a lot of satisfaction and beauty if you happen to be one of the lucky ones, although that doesnt eradicate the reality of the suffering. Its all true at once, kind of humming and sublime. – George Saunders