A lot of people live in a property that will one day be part of their pension, and that is true for me too. I have an investment I can sell with ease.

The first rule of management is delegation. Don't try and do everything yourself because you can't.

Whether it's cushions you only use outside in the summer, or blankets that only come out in the winter, you've always got to think of where to store them.

If you are a housewife, take pride in that.

Rearranging furniture, adding some candles, or making even small tweaks can really make the difference.

People who earn reasonable amounts are being turned into the anti-Christ. I think 45 per cent tax is a colossal amount to take off somebody, and it is taking away the incentive to earn.

Run a home like you would a small business and treat it with the same seriousness.

I grew up in a world before people had credit cards. There were no magic cards - it was all about budgeting.

A proper family diary with everyone's events and parties in it really helps organise the household.

It's cool to have a well run, comfortable and inviting home.

Of course, we all have to be taxed, but once you start to earn more than £150,000, and start paying 45 per cent tax, you are penalised. It is like a witch hunt.

Helpful is happy.Selfish is sad.(It's not uncommon to confuse the two.)

Every uncomfortable experience in life gives you the choice of growing bitter or better.

The good critic is he who relates the adventures of his soul among masterpieces.

Even when you have gone as far as you can, and everything hurts, and you are staring at the specter of self-doubt, you can find a bit more strength deep inside you, if you look closely enough.

Our actions - and inaction - touch people every day, people we may never know and never meet.

It is a very hard and troublesome thing to dispose of whole, half, and quarter-mistakes; to sift them and assign the portion of truth to its proper place.

We can either help to make this world a more incredible place than it has ever been, or we can hasten its return to inorganic dust.

The world of the commodity is a world upside-down, which bases itself not upon life but upon the transformation of life into work.

If both sides reduced their long-range missiles by 50%, SDI would be an unacceptable threat to the remaining Soviet rocket forces.

The more you spend time with a character, the more you see different nuances of that character.