My dad didn't riot. He got on his bike and looked for work

I grew up in the 30s with an unemployed father. He didn't riot; he got on his bike and looked for work and he kept looking 'til he found it.

Parliament must not be told a direct untruth, but its quite possible to allow them to mislead themselves.

Opinion polls are not worth the paper they are written on, in my view, through the conference season. They don't settle down again until November.

The Muslim religion is so unreformed since it was created that nowhere in the Muslim world has there been any real advance in science, or art or literature, or technology in the last 500 years.

The BBC is another part of the destruction of Great Britain. The truth is that the BBC doesn't know that it is biased. It thinks that Guardian reading champagne socialists are the norm.

He (John Major) has the mulishness of a weak man with stupidity.

I haven't got a racist bone in my little finger.

[The poll tax] was a classic case of a good idea being entrusted to Chris Patten and becoming a terrible failure.

I think that could be perhaps a little misleading and even our statistics can mislead people at the times though they are not misleading in themselves. It is just that people get mislead

The Conservatives played like England cricketers - too many rash strokes and run-outs, dropped catches and bowling anywhere but the stumps.

You’re going back?” asked Bod. Things that had been immutable were changing. “You’re really leaving? But. You’re my guardian.”

Love must face reality, if it is to surviveJumping in the Puddles of Life

Wisdom is that apprehension of heavenly things to which the spirit rises through love.

You corrupt religion either in favour of your friends, or against your enemies.

Black History Month is in the shortest month of the year, and the coldest-just in case we want to have a parade

For me, I feel like, between 'Tron' and 'Oblivion,' I've gotten to fulfill my 'Star Wars' fantasies, in a way.

There are a lot of authors in the world, so it's difficult to find a unique niche to present your take on things. That is always a challenge for any author.

Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without them.

I was born to play baseball.

I could be equally happy on a film set or in the middle of a field.