It is part of politics to make things look better than they really are. What is a spin doctor but a serial euphemiser?

I am only too aware that I am open to Rees's Second Law of Quotation: "However sure you are that you have attributed a quotation correctly, an earlier source will be pointed out to you."

It is part of politics to make things look better than they really are. What is a spin doctor but a serial euphemiser?

Rees's First Law of Quotations: When in doubt, ascribe all quotations to George Bernard Shaw.

My job involves searching for 'lost' quotations - that is, trying to find out who came up with a quotable saying that lingers in someone's mind and which they wish to use for their own purpose and which they cannot find in conventional dictionaries of quotation.

I was broadcast-struck from an early age; I had saved up for a tape recorder and started making programmes.

People will say what they want to say, in the way they want to.