"The House Of Commons has never been a tea-party. It consists of strong-minded, often very idealistic people, who are trying to accomplish something for our country. We are inheritors of an adversarial system and that, in itself, fosters conflict."

“I would of course like to think I've never done a truly despicable thing, but then again you don't always know.”

Source : "Coup De Main x NZ On Air | The Veils". Interview with Rose Riddell, www.coupdemainmagazine.com. September 13, 2016.

“My secret is that I need God—that I am sick and can no longer make it alone. I need God to help me give, because I no longer seem to be capable of giving; to help me be kind, as I no longer seem capable of kindness; to help me love, as I seem beyond being able to love.”

“We do not have to understand in order to believe that behind the mystery and the fascination there is love.”

“A house without a cat is like a day without sunshine, a pie without fromage, a dinner without wine.”

“In his 1930 book, Dirac took for granted that measurements could be made, but was very vague about what was actually involved.”

Source : "Quantum Measurements and Chaos". Book by E. R. Pike and S. Sarkar, eds., pp. 183-193, 1987.

“You cant just take an image and randomly distort it and call it art - although many people in La Jolla where I come from do precisely that.”

“If you don't have a goal, any road will do.”

“Literature: proclaiming in front of everyone what one is careful to conceal from one's immediate circle”