All Alastair Campbell Quotes
- My public caricature - that of a self-confident alpha male - is only partly accurate. Accurate
- May I share with you my earliest memory of a political row? It was with my mother, about the Queen - classic Freudian stuff, shrinks… Broadcast
- The media are obsessed with spin doctors and with portraying them as a bad thing, yet seem addicted to our medicine. Addicted
- The day of the daredevil reporter who refuses to see obstacles to getting the truth, and seeing it with his or her own eyes, seems… Daredevil
- There are many reasons for the decline in royal esteem. One is that so many of the royals are thick. Decline
- Jeremy, are we going to play your games? America
- Like most meaningful activities, campaigns are team games. Activities
- My closest friend, who died not long ago, is buried near Marx's grave in Highgate cemetery, so I see the gaggle of admirers laying roses… Admirer
- Failure, it is thought, is what sells, and what people want to hear and read about. I am not so sure. Failure
- One in four of us will have a mental illness at some point. That is a lot of people. Four
- By asking the question 'Am I happy?,' and via the answer setting out what I mean by happiness, there is a political route that can… Another Question
- Friends have suggested that I am the least qualified person to talk about happiness, because I am often down, and sometimes profoundly depressed. But I… Depressed
- So here is one of my theories on happiness: we cannot know if we have lived a truly happy life until the very end. This… Buildup
- The bad news for journalists today is that the media, however seriously people who are in the public eye take it, is not taken as… Bad
- In an ideal world, it would not take a film star to get the media focused on mental illness. Film
- Don't accept that you are in crisis just because everyone says you are. Accept
- I had a happy childhood. Childhood
- I have always been driven. I have always believed in what I believe very deeply. Always Believe
- I think I'm highly loveable. Funny
- I used to be very routine-based and the new thing in my life is not having a clear, full-time existence. Based