“It is part of politics to make things look better than they really are...” — Nigel Rees Quote

“It is part of politics to make things look better than they really are. What is a spin doctor but a serial euphemiser?”

“I got into New College, Oxford. The ethos was that you could work - or not.”

“You wish to put a positive construction on your deeds and words.”

“My job involves searching for 'lost' quotations - that is, trying to find out who came up with a quotable saying that lingers in someone's mind and which they wish to use for their own purpose and which they cannot find in conventional dictionaries of quotation.”

“Democracy is too good to share with just anybody.”

“How come there's only one Monopolies Commission?”

“There are generations who watch Doctor Who together.”

“Don't just stand there, idiot. Call a doctor, and then help me find a nose.”

“What's quote-unquote a 'good' lawyer, doctor, or whatever the profession is. And if you're a male who grew up professionally in a male-dominated profession, then your image of what a good lawyer is a male image.”

“I love 'Doctor Who', it's wicked.”

“Sports are sometimes unforgiving, and it is what it is. Take my fight with Jacare. I had the flu and I went to the doctor and I had to get nursed back. I didn't train for like 10 days and I fought four or five days later.”

“I was a little bit of a precocious kid, in the sense I loved reading, and I loved health and - my dad being a doctor - I really wanted to learn more about how the body worked.”