If there is writing on Hadrian's Wall, it reads that the English should leave Scotland to its own devices.

The IRA sending a message of sympathy to America is like Jack the Ripper giving us a lesson in the sanctity of human life.

Political genius consists in identifying oneself with a principle.

In England, even the poorest of people believe that they have rights; that is very different from what satisfies the poor in other lands.

Those Victorians: endlessly fascinating, broad in their learning, heroic in their achievements, in parts completely mad.

The more a climate can be created in which neither the English nor the Scots are given cause to resent each other, the better.

What must be shall be and that which is a necessity to him that struggles is little more than choice to him that is willing.

Life is raw material. We are artisans. We can sculpt our existence into something beautiful or debase it into ugliness. It's in our hands.

Whether addressing immediate crises or building long-term foundations of peace, the United Nations will remain committed to solutions that advance the global good.

When you're in a relationship you want it to work. My parents did, I did. But we are not taught how to make it work.

When you travel around Moscow, you can see almost every car is using a smartphone where they can see whats ahead of them.

Elegance must be the right combination of distinction, naturalness, care and simplicity. Outside this, believe me, there is no elegance. Only pretension.

I'm a good audience in general, but it's hard to make me laugh.

I live my life like there's no yesterday.

Really now, search your soul, lovie-is the vampire so bad? All he does is drink blood.

I am afraid of people with too much charm. They devour you. In the end you are made a sacrifice to the exercise of their fascinating gift and their insincerity.