Quotations

Sound bites: April - June 2000

I feel like I'm floating on a cloud...It just never was in my computer.
on being made a DBE
Elizabeth Taylor (1932-), British born actress

I want to spend more time with my family, but I'm not sure they want to spend more time with me.
Esther Rantzen (1940-), British broadcaster and journalist

I wouldn't vote for Ken Livingstone if he were running for mayor of Toytown.
Arthur Scargill (1938-), British trade union leader and Socialist

Let's not get too precious about it: actors are not heart surgeons or brain surgeons. We are just entertaining people.
Malcolm McDowell (1943-), British actor

Lighten up, everyone - I wore a dress. Nobody died.
on press comments on the dress she wore to the Bafta awards
Carol Vorderman, British media personality

Once she goes to sleep it takes a minor nuclear explosion to wake her.
on his wife Cherie
Tony Blair (1953- ), British Labour statesman

Prime Minister's children are not in the job description.
the Poet Laureate, asked if he would be writing a poem on the birth of Leo Blair
Andrew Motion (1952-), British poet

Quite frankly, I don't want his nasty white suit anywhere near my red sofa.
refusing to interview Martin Bell on her television chat show

Christine Hamilton, British wife of former Conservative MP Neil Hamilton

You can tell it's a journalist's child because all he wants to do is to drink and sleep.
on becoming a father for the third time at the age of 56
John Humphrys (1944-), British journalist and broadcaster

You grow up by making mistakes. I've made a ton of them, but as long as I keep on failing better, I don't mind.
Joely Richardson, British actress

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