All businessmen are scum.

I think I've had a very privileged life.

The present system of protecting NHS patients was a bit of a shambles.

The Government's enthusiasm for 24 hour drinking puzzles me... We want people to be responsible, yet we urge them to drink.

I don't think we can go into important local elections next year... with Tony Blair as leader and expect to keep many of the councillors we've got now.

I am not against Muslim schools. But as I believe in integration, I think we would be better off overall if we did not have denominational schools at all.

It is more important for Labour to raise the reputation of politics than for the Tories, who are only in politics for the money.

There are alternate definitions of manhood in the West.

If you say someone is thrilled, it implies talk of an exciting project. I'm wary of such talk.

Being alive and living aren't the same.

Don't judge yourself by your past

Every man is an evil until he falls in love.

He did his best to explain this to Inspector Sloan afterwards. 'A funny feeling, sir.' 'Yes?' Funny feelings were not encouraged at Berebury Police Station.

Gossip never goes away, no matter where you are in life.

Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket.

Success can lead to complacency, and complacency is the greatest enemy of success.

If I arrogate to myself the exclusive title of being in the right, I usurp the function of the Deity.

Even before my parents died, I felt all the responsibility to my family. I don't know why. In any business, any relationship, if something goes wrong, I feel I am to blame. It's something inside me.

Beg, borrow, steal, Africa needs to build infrastructure.