George Jean Nathan

Criticism is the art of appraising others at one's own value.

An optimist is a fellow who believes a housefly is looking for a way to get out.

Criticism is the windows and chandeliers of art: it illuminates the enveloping darkness in which art might otherwise rest only vaguely discernible, and perhaps altogether unseen.

Since the days of Greece and Rome, when the word 'citizen' was a title of honor, we have often seen more emphasis put on the rights of citizenship than on its responsibilities.

When you first come into Parliament, it's a daunting place because you feel you've so much to learn. Once you've been re-elected, you feel much more confident. It just gives you a bit of a boost.

I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones.