Nothing is more dangerous that the politician who uses politics as a surrogate for an unsatisfactory personal life.

The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison wall.

World events do not occur by accident. They are made to happen, whether it is to do with national issues or commerce; and most of them are staged and managed by those who hold the purse strings.

I often compare Margaret Thatcher with Florence Nightingale. She stalks through the wards of our hospitals as a lady with a lamp. Unfortunately, it's a blowlamp.

It is a good thing to follow the First Law of Holes: if you are in one, stop digging.

Unless you understand the history of a situation, you can't ever hope to solve problems.

Being attacked by him is like being savaged by a dead sheep.

Squeeze property speculators until the pips squeak.

If you’re in a hole, stop digging.

The right hon. Gentleman will be known for ever as the only Chancellor in the post-war period who brought this country to the brink of bankruptcy.

Mrs Thatcher tells us she has given the French President a piece of her mind... not a gift I would receive with alacrity.

When men learn to glimpse the Universe through the eyes of the Spirit, all they see is Love

We...believe that art is religious, because it is one of man's highest aspirations. There is no such thing as pagan art, only good and bad art.

I was brought up Catholic. I'm lapsed. From the age of three I was with the nuns. Now I'm an atheist.

I have such a crush on Shirley Manson. I think she's the coolest thing.

I despise 'animal welfare.' That's like saying, 'Let's beat the slaves three times a week instead of five times a week'.

I'm a bit of a chicken when it comes to seeing potentially horrifying things on the Internet.

I’m worse at what I do best.

I was a hip-hop head. When I really found my own lane in music, it was hip-hop. I wanted to make hip-hop music. And I did, I made a lot of hip-hop music.

If the culture is so all pervasive that you can’t think outside of it, how are you making genuine choices?

A conservative is someone who believes in reform. But not now.