Seeing John Major govern the country is like watching Edward Scissorhands try to make balloon animals.

I know of no wars started by anyone to impose lack of religion on someone else.

Fish have water, the bushmen of the Kalahari have sand, and Houstonians have interior décor.

I know of no wars started by anyone to impose lack of religion on someone else. We have lethal Sunni v Shia, Catholic against Protestant, but no agnostic suicide bombers attack crowded atheist pubs.

The formal Washington dinner party has all the spontaneity of a Japanese imperial funeral.

A British lawyer would like to think of himself as part of that mysterious entity called The Law; an American lawyer would like a swimming pool and two houses.

While it is entirely untrue that Canadians lack a sense of humour, the funniest ones tend to head south: Dan Aykroyd, Jim Carrey, Michael J. Fox.

Living in New York is like being at some terrible late-night party. You're tired, you've had a headache since you arrived, but you can't leave because then you'd miss the party.

I've served on five different juries, and many of them were bonkers in their own way.

Most successful American politicians look well-fed on endorsements, campaign contributions and chicken dinners.

Canada is not so much a country as a clothesline nearly 4,000 miles long. St John's in Newfoundland is closer to Milan, Italy than to Vancouver.

Unfinished business always comes back to haunt you, and a man who swears he'll love you forever isn't finished with you until he's done.

Concupiscence and force are the source of all our actions; concupiscence causes voluntary actions, force involuntary ones.

Eating meat is not your personal decision, any more than, you know, whether somebody beats their child is their personal decision.

The organism has one basic tendency and striving - to actualize, maintain, and enhance the experiencing organism

Every man should make up his mind that if he expects to succeed, he must give an honest return for the other man's dollar.

I think I am aggressive, I think I am critical when it's necessary.

Exceptional people deserve special concessions.

I love being a businessman much more than being a hacker.

Sometimes, I feel that Manhattan in particular has gotten really tame and gentrified or something.

Television is kind of restrictive in its directing, but it would be nice to get some chops doing TV.