I think he [composer Joe Raposo] was the first man who kissed me on the cheek.

I'm a romanticist in many ways. I never get behind the wheel of my boat and dropping the anchor without saying to myself, secretly giving my orders to the crew "All right, lift the anchor, we're on our way to South Hampton. We're gonna beat them there with this load of tea!"

We know that no one should tell a woman she has to bear an unwanted child. We know that religious beliefs cannot define patriotism.

We are not educated well enough to perform the necessary act of intelligently selecting our leaders.

There is no such thing as a little freedom. Either you are all free, or you are not free.

I am a news presenter, a news broadcaster, an anchorman, a managing editor - not a commentator or analyst. I feel no compulsion to be a pundit.

For how many thousands of years now have we humans been what we insist on calling "civilized?" And yet, in total contradiction, we also persist in the savage belief that we must occasionally, at least, settle our arguments by killing one another.