I feel comfortable in a position of leadership, but that's not to say I feel complacent about it. I take it incredibly seriously.

I hope Donald Trump doesn't become president of the United States and I expect the people of the United States will have the good sense not to elect him.

I should say that being independent in the modern model means independent in a very interdependent world. An independent Scotland is not apart from the rest of the United Kingdom.

Scotland's voice has to be heard

I think it is disgraceful. I think it is completely disgusting that you've got a candidate for prime minster who seems to think that human beings are bargaining chips.

So after a lovely family Xmas day, this 80s teen is off to bed feeling a bit sad, but listening to this masterpiece [George Michael: I can't make you love me].

This is just too awful. Such an amazing talent [like George Michael] gone too soon. Wham was part of the soundtrack to my teenage years.

Sad to hear that George Michael has died.He was an exceptional artist and a strong supporter of LGBT and workers' rights.

Equality and prosperity shouldn't be seen as enemies of each other, but as partners. One reinforces the other.

True gender equality in Scotland - and elsewhere - is still some way off.

My pledge to you is that the SNP will put women and gender equality right at the heart of the Westminster agenda.

Prayer is the companion of Bible study.

Learn to see things as they really are, not as we imagine they are.

I feel really qualified to write about Australia.

We [americans] have earned the moral authority, at least compared to anybody else in the world.

I feel ill," [Howl] announced. "I'm going to bed, where I may die.

Be original; don't be scared of being bold!

I'm not paranoid, but I am cautious. I don't drink tea with strangers, I don't fly Aeroflot and I avoid certain countries with close ties to Russia.

All religions are sick men's dreams, false - demonstrably false - and pernicious.

Success isn't magic or hocus-pocus - it's simply learning how to focus.

Abstract art is uniquely modern. It is a fundamentally romantic response to modern life - rebellious, individualistic, unconventional, sensitive, irritable.