[Marx's theories] gave me a political and intellectual justification for what I believed in a way that nothing else did.

The Parthenon without the marbles is like a smile with a tooth missing.

The House of Lords must go - not be reformed, not be replaced, not be reborn in some nominated life-after-death patronage paradise, just closed down, abolished, finished.

I warn you not to be ordinary, I warn you not to be young, I warn you not to fall ill, and I warn you not to grow old.

I would die for my country, but I could never let my country die for me.

I'm prepared to take advice on leisure from Prince Philip. He's a world expert on leisure. He's been practicing it for most of his adult life.

We cannot remove the evils of capitalism without taking its source of power: ownership.

Arthur Scargill is the Labour movements nearest equivalent to a First World War General.

The unforgivable political sin is vanity, the killer diet is sour grapes.

The enemy of idealism is zealotry.

They travel best in gangs, hanging around like clumps of bananas, thick skinned and yellow.

If you read Scarlett Avery, you know it's an awesome read! - Mary Johnston

Modify the environmental radiation and you will change the course of evolution.

Language is something you inherit, it's never just you doing the talking, which helps when you're pretending.

I think the first picture taken is often the best one.

The liberator who destroys my property is fighting to save my spirit. The teacher who clears all possessions from my path will set me free.

Without anxiety and illness I would have been like a ship without a rudder.

When man can "wish away worrying," every desire will be instantly fulfilled.

It would be difficult to have any unfulfilled ambitions because I don't have any ambitions. I've never been that kind of performer.

Accepting does not necessarily mean liking, enjoying, condoning. I can accept what is-and be determined to evolve from there. It is not acceptance but denial that leaves me stuck.

Do you know what friendship is... it is to be brother and sister; two souls which touch without mingling, two fingers on one hand.