I can't legislate to change human nature.

When your back is against the wall, there is only one thing to do, and that is turn around and fight.

In the next ten years we will have to continue to make changes which will make the whole of this country a genuinely classless society.

I am walking over hot coals suspended over a deep pit at the bottom of which are a large number of vipers baring their fangs.

I think it's extremely unlikely that the European Union will fracture with nations dropping off the edge.

Life is full of surprises.

Recovery begins from the darkest moment.

Society needs to condemn a little more and understand a little less.

Well, I have concerns about the effectiveness of Europe to compete.

A country of long shadows on county cricket grounds, warm beer, green suburbs, dog lovers, and old maids cycling to holy communion through the morning mist.

The first requirement of politics is not intellect or stamina but patience. Politics is a very long run game and the tortoise will usually beat the hare.

The Lord makes you a light. Live as a child of the light.

It is very sad to see children live like orphans whilst their parents are still alive. After all, children need the constant love of parents.

People always have choices. They might not always have options, but they do have choices.

Our civilization is flinging itself to pieces. Stand back from the centrifuge.

I don't think a woman has to act like a man to show that she has strength.

I think there are people who's lives have been saved because of the study of the genome.

You're rich according to what you are, not according to what you have!

My philosophy in life, where I was trying to get, could have been a little bit different.

I can't get divorced because I'm a Catholic. Catholics don't get divorced. They stay together through anger and hatred and festering misery, just like God intended.

Chaplin made me laugh and cry without saying a word. I had an instinct. I was touched by the soul of Chaplin - Mime is not an imitator but a creator.