Rory Stewart Professions : Academic Born : January 3, 1973 Browse All Authors Top 47 quotes by Rory Stewart If we say the purpose of life is our children, that's neither a purpose nor a meaning. But I'm sure I will be as besotted as everybody else when I have them. Rory Stewart meaning purpose life children Being a backbench MP is a bit of an anti-climax for a superhero. Rory Stewart bit being superhero The politicians think the journalists have power, the journalists think bankers have power, bankers think lawyers have power. The truth is, nobody has power. Rory Stewart nobody truth-is power truth I found that Scottishness and Englishness are actually strong, instinctive things, whatever the historical reasons. Even the accent changes - just two inches across the border. Rory Stewart whatever things historical strong I have a constituency with 52,000 people and a million sheep. I was in one village where a local kid was run over by a tractor. They took him to Carlisle, but they couldn't be bothered to wait at the hospital. So they put him in a darkened room for two weeks, then said he was fine. But I'm not so sure he was. Rory Stewart hospital wait village people It was a bit of a surprise when I became a Tory MP. My friends said it was a stupid idea. Rory Stewart friends surprise stupid said I think one of the odd things about public life, coming from the outside, is that people seem to be paranoid. Maybe they were quite frank initially, but then they did one thing which went wrong. Rory Stewart things think life people Similar Authors Brian Fitzgerald academic Anthony Aveni academic Amitai Etzioni academic Ali Mazrui academic Dennis Altman academic Denis Donoghue academic All Authors