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

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.

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.

Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.

Jealousy is projected self-pity.

Is the any grace like go and sin no more?

Every day I spend time on the treadmill. I am walking faster, stronger and harder than I was two months ago.

Also, I think that, you know, it's tribal behavior. I don't think that Pat Robertson, for instance, doubts that we evolved. He is simply representing a tribe.

Nothing really dies as long as it's not forgotten

I love being a redhead. It's a rare thing, so I think there's a bond between redheads.

My journey continues, because I've, you know, conquered a lot. And I know how to conquer the rest.

Growing up, my next door neighbor was my best friend and an only child too.