I may not have succeeded in halting the war, but I did secure the right of parliament to decide on war.

If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, it's a duck!

There were no international terrorists in Iraq until we went in. It was we who gave the perfect conditions in which Al Qaeda could thrive.

Chicken masala is now Britain's true national dish, not only because it is the most popular, but because it is a perfect illustration of the way Britain absorbs and adapts external influences.

The longer we remain in Iraq the more our occupation becomes part of the problem... rather than the solution.

I can't accept collective responsibility for the decision to commit Britain now to military action in Iraq without international agreement or domestic support.

Medical school had been a time for imaginary diseases and Martin had contracted almost all of them.

Tony Blair has to consider very carefully to what extent he can leave Britain, the party and the nation guessing as to when exactly he might go.

Chicken Tikka Massala is now a true British national dish, not only because it is the most popular, but because it is a perfect illustration of the way Britain absorbs and adapts external influences.

I am ashamed of my century, but I have to smile.

In order to forgive an offender, we have first to forgive ourselves, then we can forgive them.In this way we are nothelpless victims anymore, we regain our power, acting from our peaceful placeof power.

The kinds of things I want don't cost money.

We have to build a political consensus and that requires people to give up a little bit of their own ... in order to create this common ground.

Golf is a game of misses, and the winners are those who have the best misses

If we don't tell our own stories, no one else will.

We should have stayed on the moon. We should have made moon the base, instead of building space stations, which are fragile and which fly apart.

If we're not counting kids' movies - because my kid is constantly watching The Jungle Book - I would have to say Wall Street.

I'm not as snarky as I used to be.

That's the question: is truth an illusion, or is illusion truth, or are they essentially the same? Myself, I don't care what anybody says about me as long as it isn't true.