"It is beyond belief that someone could come to the launch of a report on antisemitism in the Labour party and espouse such vile conspiracy theories about Jewish people..."

“All I do know, for certain, after 53 years in this business, is that writers who sincerely think that their language can represent reality ought to be plumbers.”

“Parents are key when it comes to keeping kids off drugs. Good parenting is the best anti-drug we have.”

“I need to stop getting into situations where all my options are potentially bad.”

Source : Jack Campbell (2006). “The Lost Fleet: Dauntless”, p.40, Penguin

“I've met serial killers and professional assassins and nobody scared me as much as MrsT.”

Source : 2000 On Margaret Thatcher. In The Times, 7 Mar.

“Measured in time of transport and communication, the whole round globe is now smaller than a small European country was a hundred years ago.”

“Growing up in a small Alaska town, domestic violence was that dirty little secret nobody talked about. We must start talking about it. For too long, we have been providing protection to the wrong people.”

“Grandparenthood is a unique moment in anyone's life, as countless kind people have told me in recent months, so I am enormously proud and happy to be a grandfather for the first time and we are eagerly looking forward to seeing the baby in the near future.”

Source : "Duchess of Cambridge gives birth to baby boy, third in line to the throne" by Caroline Davies and Ben Quinn, www.theguardian.com. July 22, 2013.

“It seems the best approach for any venture is a combo platter - Japan's quality-consciousness paired with America's willingness to experiment and (sometimes) fail.”