We show no relish for reconfiguring the relationship between the state, the market and society. The world is on the turn, yet we do not seem equal to the challenge.

What I've learnt is when you walk into a family argument and people tell you it's about principle don't get involved. There is more to life than principles.

Nothing makes me happy quite like a boatload of freshly fried fast food, smothered in good old MSG.

[Nancy Reagan] took that career, that obviously mattered to her, and just tucked it away in a box, because she thought, "That's over with now. I'm going to make wifehood my career."

We strain hardest for things which are almost but not quite within our reach.

When two tigers fight, one is certain to be maimed, and one to die.

Situation seems to be the mould in which men's characters are formed.

We all sang the songs of peace

You need more than a beginning if you're going to start a book. If all you have is a beginning, then once you've written that beginning, you have nowhere to go.

I don't know where you have to go or what you have to do, but I'll wait for you, John. Every bit of my heart belongs to you, whether you ask for it or not.

I became a country music fan in 1990 when I moved to Colorado. It was my first exposure to it because I'm from a city. I've been a fan of country music ever since.