“I was on the dole once. I loved it. It was only for a couple of years,...” — John Niven Quote

“I was on the dole once. I loved it. It was only for a couple of years, when I was 20 or 21 and playing in a band. Back then, this was something young folk did - you got your rent paid, a little bit of money to live on, and you loafed around, wrote songs, rehearsed and dreamed of playing Wembley Stadium.”

“I don't do sports, and my idea of hell is being dragged around ruins/museums/famous buildings, so I guess I'm a beach bum.”

“If pushed to say what I like about Elizabeth, who, as I'm sure most of you know, overtook Queen Victoria this week to become our longest-serving monarch, it would be her uncomplaining, getting-on-with-it ethic.”

“People who take time out to dole out opinion on social media are negative people.”

“If Americans are reluctant to go on the dole that's because they have a healthy work ethic.”

“People like Elizabeth Dole have given too much power to the special interests.”