My desire to get here [Parliament] was like miners'coal dust, it was under my fingers and I couldn't scrub it out.

You've got to ensure that the holders of an opinion, however unpopular, are allowed to put across their points of view.

Good temper and moderation are the characteristics of parliamentary language.

You've got to ensure that the holders of an opinion however unpopular are allowed to put across their points of view.

Maybe everyone can live beyond what they're capable of.

A different language is a different vision of life.

I've grown up a little bit. I'm almost 40 years old now. But everyone was introduced to me when I was 18 and I looked like I was 15. I've been around a long time.

Even if I don't reach all my goals, I've gone higher than I would have if I hadn't set any.

I think people love nature after they experience it. I know I experienced it as a young man - I took a lot of hikes, I was involved in scouting.

Don't be called out on strikes. Go down swinging.

Public education is an investment in our future.

And that was the closest I've ever come to an epiphany.

There was Virginia Boote, the food and restaurant critic, who had once been a great beauty but was now a grand and magnificent ruin, and who delighted in her ruination.

I firmly believe that the court should take another direction on many of these moral issues that face us.