Soren Kierkegaard

I begin with the principle that all men are bores. Surely no one will prove himself so great a bore as to contradict me in this.

Patience is necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown.

People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.

I feel sorry for generations of Labour voters and supporters who must look and wonder what on earth has gone wrong and what Labour is for.

It's easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you're a winner, when you're number one. What you got to have is faith and discipline when you're not a winner.

If you have a block of ballistics gelatin and a high-speed camera, pretty soon somebody gets a gun!