For each show, we do maybe 15 versions before it goes on air. So I know every show microscopically.

When we went to war at the Falklands, Buck Kernan had to shake each man's hand as we boarded a boat for war.

Pro Publica distorts the relationship between organizations and their consultants.

As a viewer I came of age during a time when cast members were prone to fistfights. So I may be carrying a little of that kind of image in my head.

The Clash, in particular, transcends any category.

When you do something bad and you know you can do it, only you know you can do it. And do it while it's hot, man.

My dad is a little Scottish guy with tattoos all over his arms.

In the British military system, there is a very strict chain of command. Americans just want to win, and the correct strategy may be to speak directly to the men.

I was a section commander in the parachute regiment [in the British army].

I'm consciously working very hard at not eating.

I think there's a core of real anger or misery inside every true stand-up comic.

I went brunette for a film called Fascination and I loved it.

Losing is a bad feeling. I've never been on an undefeated team throughout high school, so I tasted defeat before. I've been taught to handle it graciously.

No one wants to hear my perspective on politics, but I think honestly as you get older, you get more interested in it.

To sense the peace of extinguished passion Happiness in not knowing the ultimate knowledge

Some people are naturally thin and some people are naturally heavier. It doesn't mean that bigger is healthier, or much thinner is healthier, it's on an individual basis.

As a minister, I would rather be criticized for thoroughly weighing the options, and sometimes even voicing my doubts, than to be reproached for recklessly sending German soldiers into combat.

New York City is filled with random, quirky moments like this, chance collisions that just might change your life.

For an Italian peasant a telegram from anywhere is a wondrous thing; and a cable from the terrestrial paradise of America is not lightly to be disregarded.

If you can attain repose and calm, believe that you have seized happiness.

Education, doing homework, is the way to lift up girls. Around the world, where girls are educated, the economy and the standard of living rise.