I thought I could do something different from any Conservative prime minister before me. But I couldn't.

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.

Some relationships are just a mere illusion!

Only the wool of present will knit the sweater of memories that will keep you warm in the winter of your life.

Endless seas, mean endless adventures.

A cup that is already full cannot have more added to it. In order to receive the further good to which we are entitled we must give of that which we have.

If there are people you haven't forgiven, you're not going to really awaken. You have to let go.

There are moments when you feel trapped, ill at ease. A year later the same feeling can turn out to be the theme of a book.

Once it was necessary that the people should multiply and be fruitful if the race was to survive. But now to preserve the race it is necessary that people hold back the power of propagation.

Jazz to me is the spirit of freedom. I mean real freedom. Freedom to explore. Freedom to express. Freedom to pour out your guts.

Not to engage in this pursuit of ideas is to live like ants instead of like men.

The most practical of all methods for controlling the mind is the habit of keeping it busy with a definite purpose, backed by a definite plan.