You cannot fashion a wit out of two half-wits.

The unforgivable political sin is vanity, the killer diet is sour grapes.

I am the first male member of my family for about three generations who can have reasonable confidence in expecting that I will leave this earth with more or less the same number of fingers, hands, legs, toes and eyes as I had when I was born.

I'm prepared to take advice on leisure from Prince Philip. He's a world expert on leisure. He's been practicing it for most of his adult life.

No prime minister in Britain will ever be able to go to war without the endorsement of a majority of the House of Commons.

Do something that makes a difference - because, by God, there's a lot to make you angry.

The enemy of idealism is zealotry.