It is part of politics to make things look better than they really are. What is a spin doctor but a serial euphemiser?

Democracy is too good to share with just anybody.

How come there's only one Monopolies Commission?

I was terribly shy and never said anything in class. Then I started getting into school plays. When you've got words to say, you've got a sort of armour.

Lord Castlerosse was taken to task by Nancy Astor over the size of his stomach. 'What would you say if that was on a woman?' she asked, pointedly. 'Half an hour ago it was,' he replied.

Rees's First Law of Quotations: When in doubt, ascribe all quotations to George Bernard Shaw.

Euphemism in the workplace does not end with job descriptions. It reaches a pusillanimous peak at the other end of the work process - in dismissal.

I was broadcast-struck from an early age; I had saved up for a tape recorder and started making programmes.

People will say what they want to say, in the way they want to.

I was absolutely a non-starter at games. My report for rugby said, 'Nigel's chief contribution is his presence on the field.' I used to pray for rain and sometimes it did rain - and we played anyway.

I am only too aware that I am open to Rees's Second Law of Quotation: "However sure you are that you have attributed a quotation correctly, an earlier source will be pointed out to you."

There is no eleventh hour with Cosmic Ordering, only the golden hour.

Strive to be more than number one—strive to be the greatest number one.

I used to see dolphins as cute, Smart and funny sea animals. I know now that they're astute, Divine beings, clever mammals.

Time is a thief. A killer. Time is killing him.

It's quite possible for an executive to hit her goal for the quarter by ignoring the future.

I might lose because I wasn't tall enough; I might lose because I wasn't fast enough. But I wasn't going to lose because I wasn't ready.

The one sole thing in myself in which I glory is that I see in myself nothing in which I can glory.

I am a believer in punctuality though it makes me very lonely

The chief reason why the Christian believes in the divine origin of the Bible is that Jesus Christ Himself taught it.

It was easier to break promises when they weren't voiced.