I had this habit of an academic of answering the question. I should have fobbed it off.

I think the Prime Minister has embarked on a journey and he has no idea where he's taking us.

We've lost sight of our role in the region and our view of our colleagues in the region.

To send our troops, our ships, our planes to this war is ridiculous.

To make us a terrorist target in a region that is full of terrorism is dumb and unforgiveable.

The only person you resent is yourself.

I never wanted to separate from either wife. It was accumulated stress. We had virtually no time to ourselves. After politics we were both working very hard to establish new careers.

Tony Blair will probably get thrown out by his party.

I got a bit enamoured with bigger houses and things like that.

I was not a politician.

I'm not tied to any particular political line.

The perennial sadness of a girl who is both death and the maiden.

To hear how much of a great human being you were — even if you really weren’t — open your ears at your funeral.

That night was a dark day. Of course, all nights are dark days, because night is simply a badly lit version of day, ...

The Messiah will only come when he is no longer needed.

The first step... shall be to lose the way.

Surprise! The returns reported by mutual funds aren't actually earned by mutual fund investors.

Thinking nurseth thinking.

At the foundation of every life is one central desire: to make a difference that you lived.

Old age is a strange country, and most of us enter it unwillingly.

I enjoy playing a quintessential antihero. There's something therapeutic about playing such characters. I know it sounds corny but I feel like I learn about myself when I play that characters.