One aspect of politics too little acknowledged is that besides being jolly serious and all that, it is also a hugely enjoyable game for boys.

History is either a moral argument with lessons for the here-and-now, or it is merely an accumulation of pointless facts.

The British happened to the rest of the world. Now the world happens to Britain.

Rude interviewers are ten a penny, and politicians have long since learned how to cope.

The only time I penetrated Tony Blair's defenses over Iraq was by keeping eye contact while telling him he never seemed to by sorry

Hard news really is hard. It sticks not in the craw but in the mind. It has an almost physical effect, causing fear, interest, laughter or shock.

Journalism is often simply the industrialisation of gossip.

Journalism is nine-tenths being in the right places at the right time.

My big toe alone is the size of Yorkshire.

Verbally, I'm quite fast on my feet. I could embarrass or anger most people if I wanted to.

The sage is sick of being sick (Tao Te Ching)

Love as a flower loves the morning sun.Love with kindness, expect no return. Love like the morning sun, expect no return.

Don’t wish the world demanded less of you. Rise up and exceed its standards.

player: Can I reach it with a five iron? caddie: Eventually.

No man who says, 'I'm as good as you,' believes it. He would not say it if he did.

Any Christian who is not a hero is a pig.

When you're called by God, when He places that call upon your life, there is an authority you begin to walk in.

All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.

[The seers call him wise] whose every attempt is free, without any desire for gain, without any selfishness.

Believe it or not, bananas do contain a small quantity of Musa Sapientum bananadine, which is a mild, short-lasting psychedelic.