“It's a funny thing this celebrity. If you don't wave back you're a miserable bugger, if you do wave back you're a big-headed bugger. I don't know.”Fred Dibnah Unsourced
“Steam engines don't answer back. You can belt them with a hammer and they say nowt.”Fred Dibnah Unsourced
“Fred also previously received two honorary doctorates ….. They were both given by the relevant engineering faculties, but Fred always told people that they were for "back street mechanicing."”Fred Dibnah Unsourced