The office of president requires the constitution of an athlete the patience of a mother the endurance of an early Christian.

He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.

He who rejects change is the architect of decay.

Given a fair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high, not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whatever terms are offered us? No.

The Labour Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.

A week is a long time in politics.

If the Tories get in, in five years no one will be able to afford to buy an egg.

I get a little nauseated, perhaps, when I hear the phrase 'freedom of the press' used as freely as it is, knowing that a large part of our proprietorial press is not free at all.

I'm an optimist, but I'm an optimist who takes his raincoat.

Debating against him is no fun, say something insulting and he looks at you like a whipped dog.

Everybody should have an equal chance - but they shouldn't have a flying start.

When our focus is on seeking, perfecting, or clinging to romance, the charge is often generated by instability, rather than by an authentic connection with another person.

It's a most distressing affliction to have a sentimental heart and a skeptical mind.

You did love me, " I whispered. "Just not the same way I loved you.

As her analyst had told her: the deeper buried the distress, the further into the body it went. The digestive system was about as far as it could go to hide.

Jesus Christ our Lord surrendered in order that He might win; He destroyed His enemies by dying for them and conquered death by allowing death to conquer Him.

A world without leopards, well, who would want to live in it?

Work is a great thing. This is something my father taught me. He didn't want me to grow up to be somebody's wife.

Desire is a pain which seeks easement through possession.

I needed to justify my existence, and I had made an absolute of literature. It took me thirty years to get rid of this state of mind.

I do acting for the awards... and cash money.