Spoilt is a euphemism for loved.

My mother taught me what it is to have a sense of humour; my dad, who was a headmaster, everything you need to know about hard work. My dad is the most decent man you could come across.

I'm not strong-willed enough or unkind enough... or maybe simply not wise enough to tell a journalist that a subject is out of bounds.

In my life, I have made the occasional catastrophic choice, and it's just a case of moving on and learning from it.

I spend my money on holidays and eating out, and it allows me to be generous.

It's ridiculous, but it's horrible going bald. Anyone who says it isn't is lying.

I didn't much like Las Vegas. The noise of the place and the whole 24-hour, 'let's play the slot machines all night' culture of the place just left me cold.

I thought I was God's gift to mankind and the greatest Irishman since George Best.

New Zealand is a place where you can get well.

I'd be a very easy therapist's subject.

I never forget that I'm extremely fortunate.

The farther away, the closer the home becomes.

You don't need to think deeply before reaching out to the excuses to give. Just lose interest in it and you gain excuses at no cost!

Perhaps one day we will have machines that can cope with approximate task descriptions, but in the meantime, we have to be very prissy about how we tell computers to do things.

I am madness maddened! That wild madness that's only calm to comprehend itself

Your friend is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving.

It is attachment to creatures and to self-satisfaction that weakens the blessings of love in your heart. You must die to all that, if you wish the pure love of God to reign therein.

My whole career is just terror, from beginning to end. That's kind of my thing. A lot of happy accidents happened.

Only as strong as our love for this land, only as tall as we stand.

We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us.

But any man who walks in the way of power and property is bound to meet hate.