If Britons were left to tax themselves, there would be no schools, no hospitals, just a 500-mile-high statue of Diana, Princess of Wales.

Politicians are like God. No one believes in them, they haven't done anything for ages, and they give jobs to their immediate family

Yes, freedom is good, but arguably, grammar is better.

Genghis Miliband roars up to the despatch box like a caged donkey.

To all the revolutionaries fighting to throw off the yoke of tyranny around the world: look at British democracy. Is that what you want?

Nice mix of Tory MPs saying this issue shouldn't be used for petty political pointscoring, & Tory MPs trying to score petty political points.

There was no plan for us. We are a misspelling being erased by Death in order for the story of total chaos to continue.

In order to move forward, you will have to stumble along the way, but every falter in your stride just makes your next step even stronger.

Fear and focus are the only two things standing between you and staying positive.

Civilization as it is known today could not have evolved, nor can it survive, without an adequate food supply.

A figure skater is not just a figure skater who does great jumps. He is an artist on ice.

I've never seen a wild thing feel sorry for itself.

Fly-fishing is a magic way to recapture the rapture of solitude without the pangs of loneliness.

I like writing about biology, not doing it.

Principles don't mean anything until they cost you something.