The present system of protecting NHS patients was a bit of a shambles.

I think I've had a very privileged life.

The Government's enthusiasm for 24 hour drinking puzzles me... We want people to be responsible, yet we urge them to drink.

All businessmen are scum.

I don't think we can go into important local elections next year... with Tony Blair as leader and expect to keep many of the councillors we've got now.

I am not against Muslim schools. But as I believe in integration, I think we would be better off overall if we did not have denominational schools at all.

It is more important for Labour to raise the reputation of politics than for the Tories, who are only in politics for the money.

There are alternate definitions of manhood in the West.

If you say someone is thrilled, it implies talk of an exciting project. I'm wary of such talk.

Familiarity has a way of filing the sharp edges off our feelings for other people. You'll see.

Think of what is and don't let what might have been distract you.

Prioritizing hurt, a reminder that the clock was ticking, that some things would be left undone.

Real nutrition comes from soybeans, almonds, rice, and other healthy vegetable sources, not from a cow's udder.

Any feeling that I was enriching my mind from those surrounding me was unfortunately rare with me.

Old men and comets have been reverenced for the same reason: their long beards, and pretences to foretell events.

Suspicion is the greatest enemy of love whether it is true or not.

I think the fakest thing in the world is to judge someone on how they look.

If you can mix Hilary Duff and Gary Oldman into the same actor, that's my goal. I know it's strange to think about, but that's the goal.

It's always the organizations that are resource constrained that come up with the good ideas to win.