It was like a life-line to a sinking man. It seemed to bring hope where there was none. The generosity of it was beyond our belief.

Unintelligent people always look for a scapegoat.

The first thing to decide before you walk into any negotiation is what to do if the other fellow says 'no'.

My policy is to be able to take a ticket at Victoria station and go anywhere I damn well please!

A newspaper has three things to do. One is to amuse, another is to entertain and the rest is to mislead.

If you open that Pandora's Box you never know what Trojan 'orses will jump out.

Civilisation cannot survive if it rests on a propertyless proletariat.

The most conservative man in this world is the British trade unionist when you want to change him.

What astounds me about the history of the British Navy is how cheaply we have policed the world for 300 years.

If the workers see themselves faced with defeat through starvation, they will prefer to go down fighting rather than fainting - and whether or not we leaders agree.

Foreign policy isn't something that is great and big, it's common sense and humanity as it applies to my affairs and yours.

Genndy [Tartakovsky] is so good at directing and so wonderful with animation.

The Jews are a nervous people. Nineteen centuries of Christian love have taken a toll.

If you have a body, you are an athlete!

I'm not reclusive at all. Just private.

A vision of Europe fit for the 21st century and a practical plan to deliver strong rights, decent jobs and livelihoods, with strong unions at its heart, is one worth fighting for.

I shall not wholly die, and a great part of me will escape the grave.

Then, rising with Aurora's light, The Muse invoked, sit down to write; Blot out, correct, insert, refine, Enlarge, diminish, interline.

I don't like psychiatry. I don't believe it works. I believe psychiatrists are neurotic or psychotic, for the most part.

Do politicians understand just how difficult it could be, just how devastating rises of 4C, 5C or 6C could be? I think, not yet

I never wanted to make it too easy for people to sum me up.