One man's priority is another man's extravagence.

Businessmen should stand or fall on their own two feet.

I won't claim the workhouses didn't have their problems, but they were set up by people who cared.

If someone asks for a soft drink at a party, we no longer think he is a wimp.

My message to businessmen of this country when they go abroad on business is that there is one thing above all they can take with them to stop them catching AIDS, and that is the wife.

Margaret Thatcher drove us like there was no tomorrow. But I think there is a genuine feeling now that this macho, workaholic, earn lots of money way of life has run its course. There has been a shift in attitude. People are looking for a more balanced approach.

Small, short-sighted, blonde, barbed - she reminds me of a bright little hedgehog.