I'm an optimist, but an optimist who carries a raincoat.

He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.

He who rejects change is the architect of decay.

Given a fair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high, not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whatever terms are offered us? No.

The Labour Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.

A week is a long time in politics.

If the Tories get in, in five years no one will be able to afford to buy an egg.

I get a little nauseated, perhaps, when I hear the phrase 'freedom of the press' used as freely as it is, knowing that a large part of our proprietorial press is not free at all.

I'm an optimist, but I'm an optimist who takes his raincoat.

Debating against him is no fun, say something insulting and he looks at you like a whipped dog.

Everybody should have an equal chance - but they shouldn't have a flying start.

Only debt is forever.

Oh, the cares of men! how much emptiness there is in human concerns!

A lot of what we're doing here deals with perception rather than truth. Many would argue that reality depends more on the former than the latter.

Many organizations have put off critical upgrades or new projects to make sure ICD-10 was survivable.

... what is great poetry, after all, but the continuation of the human voice after death?

Journalists are too poorly paid in this country to know anything that is fit for publication.

I do speak to kids a lot. I am very clear with them that not all of them should aspire to be me and not all of them should be aspire to be LeBron.

Personally, I find it romantic not to be with someone all the time; you don't get used to someone or take them for granted.

There is one art of which people should be masters - the art of reflection.