I was so thrilled I attempted to mount my television

The danger with Margret Thatcher is that when she speaks without thinking she says what she thinks.

How amazing that the language of a few thousand savages living on a fog-encrusted island in the North Sea should become the language of the world.

[Patriotism] is in itself a kind of religion: it does not reason, but it acts from the impulse of faith and sentiment.

Despair is the conclusion of fools.

When two people decide to get a divorce it isn't a sign that they "don't understand" one another but a sign that they have at last begun to.

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.

My dear if you could give me a cup of tea to clear my muddle of a head I should better understand your affairs.

A discussion should be a genuine attempt to explore a subject rather than a battle between competing egos.

All you owe the public is a good performance.

In those days it was pretty cut and dry. If you had a record company believing in you enough to cut an album then you had better have the ability to work the album on the road.

When you get married you forget about kissing other women.

Wake up and live. It's a fast world out there.