I personally believe a crucial ingredient in rehabilitation is to admit that you completely screwed up.

As far as the physical miseries go, I am sure I will cope. I lived at Eton in the 1950s and I know all about life in uncomfortable quarters.

If you find an Australian indoors, it's a fair bet that he will have a glass in his hand.

Breaking a glass in the northwest is rather like belching in Arabia, for it appears to be done as a mark of appreciation or elation.

Pride is the deadliest of sins, but I was bursting with pride.

If you asked her (Margaret Thatcher) about Sinai, she would probably think it was the plural for sinus.

Éibhear isn’t my friend. He’s kin. A blood relation.”“Which means what exactly?”“To a Cadwaladr, it means that if I have good cause, I could beat the scales off his back and get away with it.

A thrilling story can be dull if told badly, but even the most mundane event can be elevated into a tale of epic scale by a good storyteller.

I would permit no man, no matter what his colour might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.

Steal moments of happiness if you have to, and then collect them until they are the dominant images in your psyche.

The roots of our Soccer Tribe lie deep in our primeval past.

Even worse than seeing women's privacy violated on social media is reading the accompanying comments that show such a lack of empathy.

I told Clooney, George, you’re worth $100 million — of course you can afford to be a socialist!

I think it's often discussed that leaving the Euro is an option for Greece. I think this is really not an option.

I have what I like to call a 'chinneck.' My chin just flows rather easily into my neck.

Men throw huge shadows on the lawn, don't they? Then, all their lives, they try to run to fit the shadows. But the shadows are always longer.