There are two traditions in Northern Ireland. There are two main religious denominations. But there is only one true moral denomination. And it wants peace.

Politics can be likened to driving at night over unfamiliar hills and mountains. Close attention must be paid to what the beam can reach and the next bend.

As we take stock of this century of achievement, Ulster Unionists have every reason to feel proud.

In the future there cannot be room for ambiguity. They have to make their position absolutely clear before they can expect anyone to respond to it.

I knew what I had to do as party leader had to be sensible and relate to the real situation we were in, rather than a situation you would like to have.

We had the IRA ceasefire in August 1994 and a lot of people assumed that a deal had been done - which wasn't right.

It wasn't too difficult to see that [Ian] Paisley would never do anything positive.

I had read an early profile of [Tony] Blair by Frank Millar in which he said that Blair was very keen on the 'consent principle'.

There are still substantial areas of disagreement, .. you simply have to look at the public statements to see there is a significant gap.

The one thing I can assure you is that I'm not going to do a Prescott.

The decision to give an indicative date for a return is a mistake. It degrades the process. It degrades human life.

Katey's the hottest bookworm you'll ever meet. If you took all the books that she's read and piled them in a stack, you could climb to the Milky Way.

I think deeply and write feelings from my soul.

You might not be ready for diplomacy with Beijing if you can't visit the Olympics without insulting our closest ally.

You don't have to be smart to act - look at the outgoing president of the United States.

My father wanted to be an actor, dreamed about being an actor, but he gave it up because my mom and his family told him, "You're never going to make it; it's too tough out there."

I guess, as an Emanuel, I have a voice that carries.

With friends like these, who needs hallucinations?

I am interested in what happens to people who find the whole of life so rewarding that they are able to move through it with the same kind of delight in which a child moves through a game.

I think what's happened in the modern world, there's a lot of people that sound very smart and it's very compelling and alluring, but it leaves you empty.

It's just that right now the athlete's on the floor. But we - this is a super athlete.