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.

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

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.

Death preserves an ideal.

When you hunt wisely, there is no need to run afterwards.

I am the Mud Hut I Grew Upon

When we can't get away for a vacation we get the same feeling by staying home and tipping every person that smiles.

Life is a journey. Perhaps we may be more or less pointed towards a general direction, but whether we pave that road with diamonds and gold or just plain dirt and cement is up to us.

That in the soul which is called the mind is, before it thinks, not actually any real thing.

Maybe the same instruments and tools that have been used to keep people in slavery and ignorance could potentially be used to liberate and awaken them.

I mean it's very hard to meditate and live a spiritual life in America. People think you're a freak if you try to.

Permanent success cannot be achieved except by incessant intellectual labour, always inspired by the ideal.

I still help out with the garbage. I still help out with the lawn.