Gardening has just sort of grown on me. I find it therapeutic. And I like smelly things.

The labour Party has lost the last four elections. If they lose another, they get to keep the liberal party.

My favourite plant is the foxglove. I think they are a perfect balance between being a garden plant and a wild plant, as at home in woodland as they are in a city.

I'm not bald. I'm just taller than my hair.

I've always liked trees. And then, growing up, I took an interest in ecology, hedges being destroyed, the landscape being turned into prairies.

On the environmental front there's concern about global warming and high levels of carbon dioxide, and trees take in CO2 and store carbon.

I don't think I'm really a rude person, but now I see myself on television, I think, 'Oh, God, that is a bit strong.' And I wonder if I've always been like that and I haven't been aware of it.

You can be a famous poisoner or a successful poisoner, but not both, and the same seems to apply to Great Train Robbers.

I think political correctness is a moving line.

It's true, people don't imagine I'd be particularly woody.

I do find myself surprised by the comedy shows that seem to have the same joke week in week out.

I have wanted only one thing to make me happy. That thing is everything.

A civilized society is one that exhibits the five qualities of truth beauty adventure art and peace.

Realists do not fear the results of their study.

Time is a factor in all action. An imperfect scheme put into action at the proper time is better than a perfect one accomplished too late.

Having a tax code that rewards companies that are shipping jobs overseas instead of companies that are investing here in the United States, that will not make us more competitive.

Give role players love. Praise can be most valuable when it’s merited by someone whose supporting role is often overlooked

Life reorders you when you go into the clear light. Even the causal structure is liquefied. The clear light of reality, the dharmakaya, changes us into beings of light.

Satire of satire tends to be self-canceling, and deliberate shock tactics soon lose their ability to shock, especially when they're too deliberate.

Anybody who says, "Look, John, I'm a politician. Don't believe a word I say," is a friend of mine.

During the race, we lose 2-4 kilos of liquids.