If you give people a chance, they shine.

The great thing about Glasgow is that if there's a nuclear attack it'll look exactly the same afterwards.

Try to live in a place you like.

My definition of an intellectual is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of the Lone Ranger.

I always look skint. When I buy a Big Issue, people take it out of my hand and give me a pound.

The desire to be a politician should bar you for life from ever being one.

The religion in Scotland is one of the most patronising things... after the weather.