There are certain things producers ask you to do, and when I was starting out, I said yes to everything. I was asked, for 'Quo Vadis,' to drive a chariot. I said, 'Oh yes. I'm licenced for all vehicles.' Two days later, I was sitting in this dustbin with two very aggressive horses. I didn't stay in it for long.

Christopher Lee

We were licencees of Sara Lee Corp's air freshener brand Ambi Pur, which they sold to Procter and Gamble. So we handed it over to Procter and Gamble. Now we will introduce our own brand of air freshener.

Adi Godrej

Shouting on TV feels like it almost gives viewers licence to do it in real life.

Ainsley Harriott

Feeling I'd scarcely arrived at a style, I now find I'm near the end of it. I'm not quite sure what Late Style means except that it's some sort of licence, a permit for ageing practitioners to kick their heels up.

Alan Bennett

Tackling the environment should not be a licence to lecture people, because they have no excuse not to exercise, or eat their fruit and vegetables. Nannying - at least among adults - is likely to be counterproductive. Providing information is empowering; lecturing people is not. So, no excuses, no nannying.

Andrew Lansley

Obviously, the BBC is funded by licence-payers. If you are paying for a TV licence, when you see what people are paid, then you know you're funding that.

Ant McPartlin

Boxing's a sport that gives you licence to act like an idiot, I think.

Anthony Joshua

In fantasy, you have licence to pick whatever you like out of history and fantasy, and you don't have to be accurate.

Cecilia Dart-Thornton

Getting small things like Visa or driving licence should be made easier as we, in financial service sectors, are dealing with financial regulations and tax constraints.

Chanda Kochhar

I failed my HGV licence three times.

Chris Eubank Sr.

When I finished boxing, all that was available was commentating. But that's not me. I've got too much artistic licence to get out.

Chris Eubank Sr.

There are certain things producers ask you to do, and when I was starting out, I said yes to everything. I was asked, for 'Quo Vadis,' to drive a chariot. I said, 'Oh yes. I'm licenced for all vehicles.' Two days later, I was sitting in this dustbin with two very aggressive horses. I didn't stay in it for long.

Christopher Lee

First I went to the Sorbonne to do my licence en lettres, but I also started to study law.

Claude Chabrol

Mark Haddon's 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time' was published while I was trying to work out how to write 'Elizabeth Is Missing,' and reading the story of that impaired amateur detective gave me the licence I needed to attempt one of my own.

Emma Healey

At school, I was a shy lad and still am. But acting gives me licence to be up there, demanding the focus. It's the one time in my life where I don't have to shout to be heard.

Emun Elliott

I have a driver's licence, but the truth is that I hardly ever drive. I prefer to get around by taxi.

Ferran Adria

As a defence, we have to strive for that clean sheet while also giving the attacking players the licence to go and create.

Gary Cahill

We're all concerned about sports rights being so expensive. Obviously, we are funded by the licence fee payers, so it's not always easy to compete with those who can get greater revenue.

Gary Lineker

I want the BBC to be a mass market public service broadcaster still funded by the licence fee... and the licence fee is more durable than many people in the commercial sector believe.

Gavyn Davies

It was an interesting question as to whether the BBC had a future in the digital world, and what form of market failure could justify the licence fee system.

Gavyn Davies

Roy Hill had to achieve more than 4,000 approvals, permits, and licences and more again for construction. The delays and costs of this were not only humungous and waste of human resources but did nothing to assist productivity.

Gina Rinehart