A leader must have the courage to act against an expert's advice.

There is not a single injustice in Northern Ireland that is worth the loss of a single British soldier or a single Irish citizen either.

I am rather in favour of dealing with teenage hooliganism.

I am not proposing to seek your votes because there is a blue sky ahead today.

Some people, however long their experience or strong their intellect, are temperamentally incapable of reaching firm decisions.

A leader has to appear consistent. That doesn't mean he has to be consistent.

Unilateral disarmament by Britain is opposed to our country's best interests, could begin the unravelling of NATO and therefore jeopardise the stability of Europe.

If the law is a bad law, there is always the contingent right to take action that you would not otherwise take.

I've never been one to say that Britain was joining a happy band of brothers.

You never reach the promised land. You can march towards it

Society today is so organised that every individual group has the power to disrupt it. How is their power to be channelled into constructive channels?

Eyes can shed tears to reduce its pain while blubbering but what about my hearts, it does not have such capability...it only wept into frustration and frustration

Psychology of small things rules.

Moonlight floods the whole sky from horizon to horizon

I've never made a movie to make money. I've never made a painting to make money.

My phone is always in front of me, 24/7.

You must be ready to give up even the most attractive ideas when experiment shows them to be wrong.

Watch, listen and learn. You can't know it all yourself. Anyone who thinks they do is destined for mediocrity.

Somebody once said that you can never act and be another person; you're only acting facets of yourself. I think there's a lot of truth in that.

Prayer is simply saying "thank you, bless you, praise you."

Wrong education and upbringing produces ugly personalities, whereas a fine upbringing and good education will bring forth superior sense and feeling, as well as nobility and purity of mind.