Occupation: Journalist Birth: April 7, 1939 Death: August 31, 2013
There have been many definitions of hell, but for the English the best definition is that it is the place where the Germans are the police, the Swedi….
British business is disappointed that the MPC felt unable to act more boldly to counter the worsening economic circumstances and the sharp slowdown i….
New York means many different things to me. It certainly means cheesecake, more species of cheesecake than I ever knew existed: rum, orange, hazelnut….
Love is when each person is more concerned for the other than for one's self..
What we are going to end up with here is two nations. That will create real resentment in the workforce..
Vote Labor and you build castles in the air. Vote Conservative and you can live in them..
Concentration of effort and the habit of working with a definite chief aim are two of the essential factors in success, which are always found togeth….
The creed of the Inland Revenue is simple: "If we can bring one little smile to one little face today, then somebody's slipped up somewhere.".
Having one child makes you a parent; having two you are a referee..
Love is staying up all night with a sick child - or a healthy adult..
A broad definition of crime in England is that it is any lower-class activity that is displeasing to the upper class..
Television is an invention that permits you to be entertained in your living room by people you wouldn't have in your home..
Diplomacy, n. is the art of letting somebody else have your way..
Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally..
Over the last half century the television interview has given us some of TV's most heart-stopping and memorable moments. On the surface it is a simpl….
He's turned his life around. He used to be depressed and miserable..
Ideas matter in New York. I am certain that more conversations in New York are about ideas than anywhere else. Not just vague theories, but ideas tha….
You can be in London at 10 o'clock and in New York at 10 o'clock. I have never found another way of being in two places at once..
When a man is tired of New York he is tired of work. And thought. And cheesecake..
This is what has to be remembered about the law: Beneath that cold, harsh, impersonal exterior there beats a cold, harsh, impersonal heart..
For those of you haven't read the book, it's being published tomorrow.