I am a bit of a lefty on some issues.

Investment banking has, in recent years, resembled a casino, and the massive scale of gambling losses has dragged down traditional activities as banks try to rebuild their balance sheets.

Our workforce is very co-operative, very flexible, easy to work with and one of the big selling points. The idea that Britain is still back in the labour market of the '70s is utterly bizarre.

The government increasingly resembles somebody who is trying to give the kiss of life to a corpse.

And humility in politics means accepting that one party doesn't have all the answers; recognising that working in partnership is progress not treachery.

The degree of leverage now being reversed is on a staggering scale, and the underlying global imbalances – notably between the savers and the spenders – will require long and painful adjustment.

I made friends with a boy who was a communist when I was 13 and that broadened my political views, but it also brought me into conflict with my father who was very Right-wing.

If the pendulum swings, it may swing to a combination of Conservatives and Liberal Democrats and, thus, to a period of minority government or coalition, in some form.

When I was a child we were sufficiently well off for me to be a picky eater and I still cannot eat vegetables cooked in the traditional British manner.

I don't feel comfortable with luxury, and I try to stay fairly normal.

The House has noticed the Prime Minister's remarkable transformation in the past few weeks, from Stalin to Mr. Bean.

From all of our beginnings, we keep reliving the Garden story.

absolute equality not possible . what is possible, we can honour the qualities in each person .that would reduce this gap

Almost every single thing you hope publication will do for you is a fantasy, a hologram--it's the eagle on your credit card that only seems to soar.

I've rarely said the word "Lord," unless it's followed by "of the Rings.

When people become elders - when they're older; they can be old without being an elder, really. They [can] just be old and not very useful.

I'm not a complete libertarian. There is a proper role in some areas of the government to have rules and regulations - I'm not an anarchist.

I'm in bed by nine. Let's get on with it.

[ General James Mattis] is a Marine's Marine who has served in combat in both Afghanistan and Iraq.

A poet can't afford to be aloof. The tools of his trade are the people he bumps up against.

The child of God ought to confess his weakness that he does not know how to pray, and petition the Holy Spirit to teach him.