The art of a news reporter is to learn how to lull a victim, because all good reporters are confidence tricksters in embryo.

A cat has to be in a very bad mood if a human cannot coax him to purr.

How do you summon up courage to dismiss a cat who is paying you a compliment of sitting on your lap?

I'm convinced normal people miss the majority of God's blessings because they're too busy to notice them.

You are more than you appear to be - Life is greater than you have ever known it - The best is yet to come.

Get the best player because whether it's soccer or whether it's anything else the team with the best players wins. So focus your energy on getting the best and getting rid of the weakest.

I think I was always a drama queen. I really, really, really loved playing pretend.

Seal the openings, shut the doors, and until your last day you will not be exhausted. Widen the openings, interfere, and until your last day you will not be safe.

Members of the public would be forgiven for thinking that it is MPs who are lazy and that it is parliament that is failing to provide good value for money.

A map is the dead body of where you've been. A map is the unborn baby of where you're going. There are no maps. Maps are pictures of what isn't.

I don't care too much what happened in the past. I prefer to focus on what is coming next and I am really looking forward to it.

There are two ways of getting the ball. One is from your own team-mates, and that's the only way