Removing Christian evangelism from the African equation may leave the continent at the mercy of a malign fusion of Nike, the witch doctor, the mobile phone and the machete.

As an atheist, I truly believe Africa needs God

Bring on the fruitcakes, we want a fruitcake for an unlovable seat.

Nothing corrupts a politician quite as much as friendship. Good politicians don't bribe; they make us like them.

Being an MP feeds your vanity and starves your self- respect.

All three of our major religions in Britain ~ Christianity, Islam and Judaism - have a hateful idea at the very core. That idea is Exclusion: the "othering," if you like, of the unredeemed.

The survival of poor opinions can make a thinker feel as though he is failing humanity.

He stood at the entrance to the kitchen, blocking my path to the front door like the Berlin Wall. -- Least Wanted

The darkest clouds are the best ennobling of the sun, because the sun is most wanted under the darkest clouds! The evil is condemned to glorify and to honour the good!

I've made mistakes, I clearly did, but what I was hoping for was that some other dumbass would get on the front page and take me off the hook. I miss Lane Kiffin.

The big will get bigger; the small will get wiped out.

Mediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge

Sinatra asked me out.

Nowadays, the media have to be there to keep you from asking too many questions, from getting together with other people who might want to do the Jeffersonian thing and call out the government.

It's a really subtle kind of thing. It makes me feel like Randy Harrison is not a human being to them.

It would be really embarrassing to introduce yourself as somebody who makes beauty.