I feel so bad about my MBE now that I am going to tie it around my cat.

The competition is very stiff. Brian Williams has proved himself as a credible news anchor (at NBC), and Bob Schieffer has done the same (at CBS). But as Peter and Tom (Brokaw) and Dan have always said about the competition, it makes us all better.

Every woman is infallibly to be gained by every sort of flattery, and every man by one sort or other.

Keep strong if possible; in any case, keep cool.

In my view there are basically two types of weddings. There is the wedding that is based on law, and there is the wedding that is based on Christ and based on grace. We felt that those who have been married by the law, they would like to have that special privilege and benefit by being married by the church.

The tax collector must love poor people, he's creating so many of them.

Some idea of inflation comes from seeing a youngster get his first job at a salary you dreamed of as the culmination of your career.