"The worst thing in politics is to tell the truth at the wrong time" Denis Healey

Don't be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wished they missed!

Next to being shot at, and missed, nothing is really quite as satisfying as an income tax refund!

Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.

Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.

Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become too prohibitive.

"The marvellous thing about a joke with a double meaning is that it can mean only one thing!" Ronnie Barker

There are 3 stages of scientific discovery: first people deny that it is true; then they deny that it is important; finally they credit the wrong person with the discovery!

History is irony on the move

Don't look back in anger, don't look forward in fear, but do look around you with awareness....