You want to climb the mountain because it’s there and you know you can do it.

The perfect life is the combination of great moments and bad ones, and under that point of view, my life is fantastic, because I've certainly hit more than one bump.

I see the human being is an incredible machine, totally undiscovered in many ways. Every one of us has a hidden tank of energy that comes out when it is needed.

It's almost worth retiring just so I can speak to you.

Americans do seem to say things which make the English notice England.

If there's a great story and great characters, then I can love a film in any genre, though crime thrillers and sci-fi have a particular soft spot in my heart.

Whenever two people come together and their behavior affects one another, you have etiquette.

Tell him yes. Even if you are dying of fear, even if you are sorry later, because whatever you do, you will be sorry all the rest of your life if you say no.

Being an MP feeds your vanity and starves your self- respect.

True happiness lies within you.

...there is no absolute scale of size in nature, and the small may be as important, or more so than the great.

I hate to play the I-live-in-the-country card, but it really takes all of the 'pack the kids into the car and run from here to there' out of the equation.

The meal plan was hard at first because I am a snack eater, but the most challenging part is trying to change my pallet to like healthy food.

Try and fit in in a New Zealand playground with an Armagh accent - it doesn't work.