Dangerous climate change... It's important not to be alarmist but it is very important to be alarmed

In the end, human history is made up of all our decisions.

Consuming three planets' worth of resources when in fact we have one is the environmental equivalent of childhood obesity - eating until you make yourself sick.

John Major put the 'er' back into Conservative, David Cameron's put the Con into Conservative - and Norman Lamont put the VAT into Conservative!

I've committed myself to serve my constituents in South Shields and I have committed myself to British politics.

Good politics starts with empathy, proceeds to analysis, then sets out values and establishes the vision, before getting to the nitty-gritty of policy solutions.

Everything about my politics has been about the future.

We know from history that the way wars are concluded is absolutely the key to whether or not there is any peace to be kept.

I'm a great believer in the Arsene Wenger school of management - which is, you don't worry about the opposition, you just get your own act together.

If you decide to run for the leadership, you have to go through it with the people you love. But you also have to protect them and I am determined to protect my mum.

I don't think I've ever been accused of being faddish. I'm more Marks & Spencer than Ted Baker.

Close your eyes. Now see the world with your mind, and feel the joy of your magnificent life.

Looking for positives is always wise in any situation that you may encounter.

Alcoholism is a choice... not a life sentence.

You hate to cultivate the mindset that anything that is not a braced neutral spinal position is probably going to kill you.

All adventure is now reactionary.

I heard the old, old, men say 'all that's beautiful drifts away, like the waters.'

A man must believe in himself and his judgement if he expects to make a living at this game. That is why I don't believe in tips."

Every noble life leaves the fibre of it interwoven forever in the work of the world.

No amount of virtuosic skill and choice of subject matter can be a substitute for depth and poetry.

Nothing is more completely the child of art than a garden.