I'm pale-skinned so I don't feel at my best on a beach.

The labour Party has lost the last four elections. If they lose another, they get to keep the liberal party.

My favourite plant is the foxglove. I think they are a perfect balance between being a garden plant and a wild plant, as at home in woodland as they are in a city.

I'm not bald. I'm just taller than my hair.

I've always liked trees. And then, growing up, I took an interest in ecology, hedges being destroyed, the landscape being turned into prairies.

Gardening has just sort of grown on me. I find it therapeutic. And I like smelly things.

On the environmental front there's concern about global warming and high levels of carbon dioxide, and trees take in CO2 and store carbon.

I don't think I'm really a rude person, but now I see myself on television, I think, 'Oh, God, that is a bit strong.' And I wonder if I've always been like that and I haven't been aware of it.

You can be a famous poisoner or a successful poisoner, but not both, and the same seems to apply to Great Train Robbers.

I think political correctness is a moving line.

It's true, people don't imagine I'd be particularly woody.

You must have brought the bad weather with youThe sky's the color of leadAll you've left me is a featherOn an unmade bed

If you have a secret and tell someone everyone will know. You can only keep a secret if you don't tell anyone.

If a man's at odds to know his own mind it's because he hasn't got aught but his mind to know it with.

People who are right most of the time are people who change their minds often

Liberals want to manage the damage with government programs to take care of those who have fallen between the cracks. Populists want to fix the cracks so that people don't fall in the first place.

In politics, there is no use looking beyond the next fortnight.

The best way to make a small fortune in racing is to start with a big one.

Make the most of whatever it is that floats your boat.

If synagogues are attacked, this would give Jewish extremists an excuse to attack mosques.

Home-run hitters drive Cadillacs