We shouldn't have all these campaigns to get the Birmingham Six released if they'd been hanged. They'd have been forgotten and the whole community would be satisfied.

Limitation is not a matter of justice. It is a rule of public policy which has its origin in history and its justification in convenience.

There are many things in life more worthwhile than money. One is to be brought up in this our England which is still the envy of less happy lands.

The House of Commons starts its proceedings with a prayer. The chaplain looks at the assembled members with their varied intelligence and then prays for the country.

There were happy days, with watermelon, and sad days of whiskey.

Music, that is the science or the sense of proper modulation, is likewise given by God's generosity to mortals having rational souls in order to lead them to higher things.

His childhood passed in quiet anxiety.

But now in this day and age, people are more prone to go out to try new things to enhance their performance on the field - to enhance their physical appearance.

I guess, as a conductor, one goes in and out of fashion. Your career starts with a bang, everyone thinks you're wonderful, and then with middle age, something happens and you go into the wilderness.

I also won one from the emperor of Japan, with a prize for the arts. That's important.

All imposture weakens confidence and chills benevolence.

I prefer the sign NO ENTRANCE to the sign which says NO EXIT.

I don't view myself as a political leftie. I view myself as a storyteller who is fair to both sides.

Success is not something you get out of what you do.