Quotes from John Lloyd

In heaven all the interesting people are missing. FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE

The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits. ALBERT EINSTEIN

There is no limit to a woman's intelligence provided she is not required to be coherent. MIGUEL DE CERVANTES

I cannot subscribe to this modern idea that we should feel guilty about our role on earth

The cockeyed squid has one regular-sized eye and one giant eye.

The truth is more important than the facts. FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT (1867–1959)

The God of the Christians is a father who is a great deal more concerned about his apples than he is about his children.

Cats could follow human instructions if they wanted to, but they don't.

The Sun is white (with a hint of turquoise), not yellow.

Douglas, I've made a few small changes to acknowledge the passing of the years. Hope you're alive and well in some parallel universe - you're sadly missed in this one. John Lloyd, Oxfordshire, 2013

If cats don't encounter people by the time they're 10 weeks old, they will always be scared of them.

Camel urine is as thick as syrup.

New-car smell is toxic to humans.

The largest egg in comparison with the size of the bird is that of the little spotted kiwi. Its egg accounts for 26 percent of its own weight: the equivalent of a woman giving birth to a six-year-old child.

Ah, yes, divorce, from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man's genitals through his wallet. ROBIN WILLIAMS

What's the most dangerous animal that has ever lived? Half the human beings who have ever died, perhaps as many as 45 billion people, have been killed by female mosquitoes (the males only bite plants).

It takes between 70,000 and 150,000 crocuses to make 2 pounds of saffron.

What we need is a treasure house, not of knowledge, but of ignorance. Something that gives not answers but questions. Something that shines light, not on already garish facts, but into the dark, damp corners of ignorance. And

France has the best military record in Europe. The French have fought more military campaigns than any other European nation and won twice as many battles as they have lost.

The number of Homo sapiens sapiens that have ever lived, fought, loved, fussed pottered and finally died over the last 100,000 years is around ninety billion.

Ursus arctos isn't the polar bear, it's the brown bear. Ursus means "bear" in Latin and arctos means "bear" in Greek. The Arctic is named after the bear, not the other way around; it

everyone alive on the planet today is related both to Confucius (551–479 BC) and to Nefertiti (1370–1330 BC). So

Krungthep Mahanakhon Amorn Rattanakosin Mahintara Yudthaya Mahadilok Pohp Noparat Rajathanee Bureerom Udomrajniwes Mahasatarn Amorn Pimarn Avaltarnsatit Sakatattiya Visanukram Prasit.

seventy-five Michelin inspectors cover all of Europe and many fewer the rest of the world. They eat out on 240 days a year, file more than 1,000 reports, and must order the maximum number of courses and always clear their plates. To remain anonymous they never return to the same place for several years, and never reveal what they do—even to their parents.