- "The alternative is to lapse into a cynical defeatism and become a boring old 'the world's going to hell' fart" - on claims that he is too idealistic.
- It was once said of ITN's Sandy Gall and myself that we had faces like the relief maps of the countries we were covering. The country in his case was Afghanistan and in mine was Bosnia - neither of which is blessed with regular features. But film-star good looks were not then in the job description.
- Today's army is fantastic and it's much better than the army that I served in, not least because it doesn't have me serving in it. (Speaking in 2007)
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