Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.

There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch.

(A Foreign Secretary) is forever poised between the cliche and the indiscretion.

No man succeeds without a good woman behind him. Wife or mother, if it is both, he is twice blessed indeed.

It is the duty of Her Majesty's government neither to flap nor to falter.

As usual the Liberals offer a mixture of sound and original ideas. Unfortunately none of the sound ideas is original and none of the original ideas is sound.

At home, you always have to be a politician; when you're abroad, you almost feel yourself a statesman.

Once the bear's hug has got you, it is apt to be for keeps.

I read a great number of press reports and find comfort in the fact that they are nearly always conflicting.

He is forever poised between a cliche and an indiscretion.

It's no use crying over spilt summits.

No man should ever lose sleep over public affairs.

It has been said that there is no fool like an old fool, except a young fool. But the young fool has first to grow up to be an old fool to realize what a damn fool he was when he was a young fool.

When the curtain falls, the best thing an actor can do is to go away.

Power? It's like a Dead Sea fruit. When you achieve it, there is nothing there.

To be alive at all involves some risk.

We have not overthrown the divine right of kings to fall down for the divine right of experts.

Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.

I was a sort of son to Ike, and it was the other way round with Kennedy.

In long experience I find that a man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts.

I have never found, in a long experience of politics, that criticism is ever inhibited by ignorance.

If people want a sense of purpose they should get it from their archbishop. They should certainly not get it from their politicians.

Tradition does not mean that the living are dead, it means that the dead are living.

A man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts.

If you don't believe in God, all you have to believe in is decency. Decency is very good. Better decent than indecent. But I don't think it's enough.

I was determined that no British government should be brought down by the action of two tarts.

Britain's most useful role is somewhere between bee and dinosaur.

Marxism is like a classical building that followed the Renaissance; beautiful in its way, but incapable of growth.

No man succeeds without a good woman behind him. Wife or mother if it is both he is twice blessed indeed.

Once the bears hug has got you it is apt to be for keeps.

Marxism is like a classical building that followed the Renaissance; beautifu in its way, but incapable of growth.

Divorce is one of the most stressful life events anyone goes through.

In the beginning there was nothing and God said 'Let there be light', and there was still nothing but everybody could see it.

God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.

I want to be a person who makes a quiet difference.

Figure skating has been a great influence for me. I took dance at the School of American Ballet, which helped my own skating. And whether you are a skater or a dancer, without sounding narcissistic, it is all about looking in the mirror.

Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh.

I never wanted a traditional lifestyle. I'm not that kind of person.

'Dilwale' has increased my audience reach; I have gained in every way possible.

Like most guys, I've always liked watches. I can always check the time on my phone, but having a watch is so much better.

Barack Obama's administration responded to the Haitian crisis within 24 hours. Here comes the soldiers, here comes the food, go go go... Rush Limbaugh told his multi-millions of listeners that Obama only did that to gain favour with black people in America. This is the kind of idiocy that I have to deal with in my country.

I'm thankful I am able to continue to share the joy and the inspiration tap brings.

Mine is the first generation able to contemplate the possibility that we may live our entire lives without going to war or sending our children to war.

I think the gay community, just like anybody, should be represented in all forms and all types.

The festivals are like a map charting our spiritual progress in God.

I guess every character has a little bit of the actor - I guess for every character you play, the actor has to allow a little bit of their own character to show through.

Art is the signature of civilizations.

Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth.

I've got no interest in football. My brother's a footballer, too, and I was dragged to the freezing pitch every week as a child. I don't see much glamour in it.