When I was born, the speed limit was two miles an hour. They'd only just repealed the law where a man had to walk in front of every motor car waving a flag.

I had 53 years of happy marriage and two daughters. These were the best things that happened in my life.

Superstition's not for me. And I'm not much for medicine either. I know my mind and my body better than anyone else.

Seeing the funny side of life is useful, and I've always had a sense of humour.

The supreme need of the world is peace and good will among men. It must be peace founded upon justice and fairness, the righting of past wrong, and the securing of the future as far as possible against the evils of the past.

I will share a personal experience: my father was posted in Jammu & Kashmir during the Kargil war. I remember my mom sitting in front of television throughout the day reading tickers which had name of the martyrs.

If you want to go anywhere in modern war, in the air, on the sea, on the land, you must have command of the air.

As much as I am very critical of Ariel Sharon in the first Lebanon war, I think that he was the right person at the right time in the right place as prime minister. He made a series of very significant decisions, not one of which was popular or seemed justified at the time.