Bob Kelly was so dumb, they shoulda written his name on the Stanley Cup in crayon.

You take the words in the sense which is most damaging to the argument.

Large families are communities unto their own.

The important thing is neither your nationality nor the religion you professed, but how your faith translated itself in your life.

If someone says, 'No, no, no, the earth is round!', they think this person is an extremist. That's what it's like for someone with my right-of-centre views working inside the BBC.

the scornful force of his tone turned the word into a curse

In capitalist society spare time is acquired for one class by converting the whole life-time of the masses into labour-time.

Always in search of the question that might make you ask me one in return

The Liberal Democrats will add a heart to a Conservative government and a brain to a Labour one.

My job is — I make socks. That’s all I do. I don’t necessarily care about the show. I would rather film this — me doing what I do — than being around my family.

Do not reflect on the meaning of the word; thinking and reflecting must cease, as all mystical writers insist. Simply "sound" the word silently, letting go of all feelings and thoughts.