I think most people who have dealt with me think I'm a pretty straight sort of guy, and I am.

The kaleidoscope has been shaken. The pieces are in flux. Soon they will settle again. Before they do, let us re-order this world around us.

The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.

I want my son to grow up in a place where the people are more powerful than the government and not the other way around.

There is no meeting of minds, no point of understanding with such terror. Just a choice: Defeat it or be defeated by it. And defeat it we must.

Global warming is too serious for the world any longer to ignore its danger or split into opposing factions on it.

A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in.. And how many want out.

Politics is about listening and it's about leading.

I didn't come into politics to change the Labour Party. I came into politics to change the country.

One of the paradoxes of globalization is that, in the developing world, we've seen massive reductions in property.

The emphasis placed by more and more companies on corporate social responsibility, symbolises the recognition that prosperity is best achieved in an inclusive society.

It is not that I do not want you. Only that I might want you too much. And for too long

My son is a tree surgeon and gets me a lovely tree. I like to put it up early, as I can't wait for Christmas. We dress it with decorations that have been in the family for years.

The difference between possible and impossible is hard work and commitment.

Sense of community was really fostered by Larry Laurenzano, who was a great educator.

Hope is love's happiness, but not its life.

Reading a book you are not enjoying is a torture not to be undertaken without a reward. I leave plays at the interval, too!

Isn't there a curious elegance in how one moment passes into another?

There are many horrible sights in the multiverse. Somehow, though, to a soul attuned to the subtle rhythms of a library, there are few worse sights than a hole where a book ought to be.

I hate tricky facial hair. If your facial hair is too spotty in places, shave. Just forget about it.

Your current situation does not determine your future. Your future is determined by your decision to succeed.