States would be wise to weaken sovereignty in order to protect themselves.

Sovereignty must be redefined if states are to cope with globalisation.

Globalisation thus implies that sovereignty...needs to become weaker.

Some governments are prepared to give up elements of sovereignty to address the threat of global climate change.

The upper hand is with those who are pushing regime change rather than those who are advocating more diplomacy.

Television was our chief tool in selling our policy.

Shockingly enough, what people say during campaigns is meant to increase the odds they get elected.

You cannot be effective if those who work for you are not. So building their effectiveness ought to be a priority.

What happens to us are tiny matters compare to us response to any situation.

I respect the fact that people have worked hard all week and want to go to the movies on the weekend and be entertained.

Anger is the ego's way of cloaking fear to make what is frail seem formidable.

There are two sources of error: Either you lack sufficient data, or you fail to take advantage of the data that you have.

This is a sport where you get your ego checked on a regular basis, whether it's in the cage or it's at practice.

I don't feel very optimistic in London.

The spirit is the thing I most love about my kind of geekdom.

I don't really consider any of my novels 'crime' novels.

My audience knows me, and I wear beautiful clothes as a badge of honor. They remember where I came from.

This blessèd plot, this earth, this realm, this England This nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings, . . . This land of such dear souls, this dear dear land.