"I really connect with music that has a point, that's not just a heavy riff and cool sounds. I always like it to have a purpose."

“Fear is a dangerous thing. Once it is sanctioned by the state there is no telling where it might lead. It is always a short path to walk from being suspicious of our fellow citizens to taking actions to restrict their liberty.”

Source : "Canadian Liberty and the Politics of Fear". Speech at the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada, www.liberal.ca. March 10, 2015.

“It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.”

Source : Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Quotable Thoreau: An A to Z Glossary of Inspiring Quotations from Henry David Thoreau”, p.87, BookBaby

“Parents are the weak link in the chain when it comes to protecting their children.”

“The Lord does not show Himself to a proud soul. The proud soul, no matter how many books it reads, will never know God, since by its pride it does not give place for the grace of the Holy Spirit, while God is known only by the humble soul.”

“As for Gordon Brown - I've described him and Blair as two cheeks of the same arse.”

Source : "Rescuing something labour from the wreckage", The Guardian, May 9, 2006.

“Ask five economists and you'll get five different answers - six if one went to Harvard..”

“Think how many blameless lives are brightened by the blazing indiscretions of other people.”

Source : Saki, Hector Hugh Munro (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Saki (Illustrated)”, p.307, Delphi Classics

“Passion cannot be beautiful without excess; one either loves too much or not enough.”