Richard Mottram

"We're all fucked. I'm fucked. You're fucked. The whole department's fucked. It's been the biggest cock-up ever and we're all completely fucked."

"In highly charged political matters, one person's ambiguity may be another person's truth."

"The honours system gets to grade people. Graded grains make finer rice."

"When you are in the future, the past looks different."

"We have six of the most distinguished people in the field on the committee, but you'll just have to take my word for it because I'm not allowed to disclose their names."