I cooked at the White House for Easter last year with Michelle Obama. But it more had to do with cooking from the organic garden and her message. I took my daughter and granddaughter there and they were really charming it was great.

I don't want to see people decorating a house or digging a garden. As for guys like Jonathan Ross he got an award there last Christmas. What for? He doesn't sing dance or tell jokes does he?

Unemployment is capitalism's way of getting you to plant a garden.

War is regarded as nothing but the continuation of state policy with other means.

As long as war is regarded as wicked it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar it will cease to be popular.

Our authorities leave us no doubt that the trust lodged with the oligarchy was sometimes abused but it certainly ought not to be regarded as a mere usurpation or engine of tyranny.

And trust yes which is important but that is what I aim towards. Now that is difficult for some people and with that desire to get things as good as possible I would say that I'm probably regarded as quite prickly to work with.

My own early experiences in war led me to suspect the value of discipline even in that sphere where it is so often regarded as the first essential for success.

For a while I was on the cover of every Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue which was regarded as the pinnacle of success in America.

Exclusiveness in a garden is a mistake as great as it is in society.