The labour Party has lost the last four elections. If they lose another, they get to keep the liberal party.

My favourite plant is the foxglove. I think they are a perfect balance between being a garden plant and a wild plant, as at home in woodland as they are in a city.

I'm not bald. I'm just taller than my hair.

I've always liked trees. And then, growing up, I took an interest in ecology, hedges being destroyed, the landscape being turned into prairies.

Gardening has just sort of grown on me. I find it therapeutic. And I like smelly things.

On the environmental front there's concern about global warming and high levels of carbon dioxide, and trees take in CO2 and store carbon.

I don't think I'm really a rude person, but now I see myself on television, I think, 'Oh, God, that is a bit strong.' And I wonder if I've always been like that and I haven't been aware of it.

You can be a famous poisoner or a successful poisoner, but not both, and the same seems to apply to Great Train Robbers.

I think political correctness is a moving line.

It's true, people don't imagine I'd be particularly woody.

I do find myself surprised by the comedy shows that seem to have the same joke week in week out.

Sarcasm is a manifestation of anger, and anger can make you the puppet of your opponents.

Since everything is already the Supreme Buddha Nature, where are you going to find it?

I'm all about being prudent. And I've started to appreciate experiences more than actual objects.

Succession planning has been a major priority at Southwest for quite some time. We think we have come up with a winning combination of talent for our company reorganization.

The self thus becomes aware of itself, at least in its practical action, and discovers itself as a cause among other causes and as an object subject to the same laws as other objects.

I get just as much of a thrill out of constructing a good sentence that gets a laugh at the end as I do from a joke

Being a wiseass in a groupthink environment is like throwing an egg at a bulldozer.

There are a lot of homes for boys, but very few for girls, that is why I chose to do for girls.

[Writing] has helped me meet people.

Dying is no big deal. The least of us will manage that. Living is the trick.