My first rule - the golden rule - ensures that over the economic cycle the Government will borrow only to invest, and that current spending will be met from taxation.

In 2005 we have a once in a generation opportunity to deliver a modern Marshall plan for the developing world.

Britain can be proud of its response to the tsunami appeal.

To be a teacher you must be a prophet - because you are trying to prepare people for a world thirty to fifty years into the future.

I'm a father; that's what matters most. Nothing matters more.

Each year India and China produce four million graduates compared with just over 250,000 in Britain.

Britain does not want a return to boom and bust.

I take full responsibility for what happened. That's why the person who was responsible went immediately.

My favourite sport at school was rugby. All sports are teamwork, but rugby particularly is about teamwork and I think teamwork is the essence of this.

There is a golden thread which runs through British history of the individual, standing firm against tyranny and then of the individual participating in his society

No one should be held back from realising their potential by fears that they will not be able to afford to go to university or that they will graduate with unmanageable levels of debt.

We all give up great expectations along the way.

Spend every moment in "Hope" and "Love" for God for he has risen and brought us courage.

I can't wait for the day I learn to live in the now!

Oh, what a vileness human beauty is; corroding, corrupting everything it touches.

The only way you get on in this profession is to have the reputation of doing what you are told as thoroughly as possible.

I can't control what everyone else swims but if all goes well I know there are no limits.

I trained with an ex-Navy Seal. We shot a lot of guns. Real bullets... I underwent commando training.

I expect the hip-hop audience to be avant garde. I want them to be where I'm at or beyond where I'm at.

I can read and arrange, but I can't write.

Life is the inside of a box, and we can't open it.