“ 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 view of life and death was reinforced by my close witnessing of the buildup to t… Alastair Campbell
“ May I share with you my earliest memory of a political row? It was with my mother, about the Queen - classic Freudian stuff, shrinks would say. I was eight, and refusing to watch the Queen's Christmas… Alastair Campbell
“ 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 think that's where my qualification comes from.… Alastair Campbell
“ There has been a shift to what may be defined as a culture of negativity which goes well beyond coverage of politics. Alastair Campbell
“ We should confine booing in sports arenas to sport. I love a good boo as much as the next football fan. Alastair Campbell
“ 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 be taken, by asking another question - 'Can politics deliver happines… Alastair Campbell
“ Clinton is a big personality who has led a big life, and for some of the media conventional wisdom to boil it down to a view that 'all people are really interested in' are a few moments of madness in… Alastair Campbell
“ Failure, it is thought, is what sells, and what people want to hear and read about. I am not so sure. Alastair Campbell
“ My dad, Donald, was a vet and had a practice in Yorkshire. Cats and dogs were his bread and butter, but his greatest love was large animals. Alastair Campbell
