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

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.

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

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'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.

Maybe that's why Jesus was so fond of parables: Nothing describes the indescribable like a good yarn.

The real failure is to rob this world of the contribution only you can make, and to fail to make work that truly gives you that 'this is what I was created to do' feeling that has no equal.

If I could undo everything, " Tony said, "I would never have gone to that party. I was an idiot, Kelly, and it cost me the love of my life.

So prodigal was I of youth Forgetting I was young I worshipped dead men for their strength Forgetting I was strong.

We have got to have more providers to replace those who are leaving.

My good friend Walter Mondale is a good lapdog. He'll give them [special interest groups] everything they want. He'll lick every hand.

Regardless of Bobby's recent hate-filled rantings, which I abhor, he is nonetheless one of the greatest chessplayers of all time.

When somebody tells me I cannot do something, that's when I do it.

On the Black Sea, my father saw it begin. And on the Black Sea, seventy years on, I saw the beginning of its end.

I am saying yes to criticism, but no to insults.