“A period of silence on your part would be welcome.”

Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.

An empty taxi drew up outside 10 Downing Street and Clement Attlee got out of it.

If a rich man wants to help the poor, he should pay his taxes gladly, not dole out money at a whim.

We have absolutely abandoned any idea of nationalist loyalty.

Not Churchill. Sixty-five, old for a Churchill.

The real test of one’s belief in the doctrine of Habeas Corpus is not when one demands its application on behalf of one’s friends but of one’s enemies.

You will be judged by what you succeed at gentlemen, not by what you attempt

Christianity affirms the value of each individual soul. Nazism denies it.

A lot of clever people have got everything except judgement

There is a denial of the value of the individual.

I just love Chinese food. My favourite dish is number 27.

The press lives on disaster.

I believe that the foundation of democratic liberty is a willingness to believe that other people may perhaps be wiser than oneself.

A Labour minister gets it in the neck if he looks at his neighbour’s wife over the garden fence.

The House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days

A Tory minister can sleep in ten different women’s beds in a week.

American culture has always known success, not suffering, so we’ve never known what to do with this part of the Bible.

It’s an insane world, and I’m proud to be a part of it.

Honesty is the best part of any art form. If you don’t have that, you’re kidding yourself and your listener.

I have a sort of waking nightmare: to get this thing just about completed, and the last day to discover one little part that doesn’t quite fit with the adjacent part.

Sex is a part of love. You shouldn’t go around doing it unless you are in love.

I like to be flexible in the way I take pictures. I do not use a tripod, and I move around in the crowd, of which I am myself part….

How have I never realized before that for all the strong, kind parts of him, there are also hurting, broken parts?

That was part of where Chet and I had problems, so I take complete blame for that.