The first rule of management is delegation. Don't try and do everything yourself because you can't.

Whether it's cushions you only use outside in the summer, or blankets that only come out in the winter, you've always got to think of where to store them.

If you are a housewife, take pride in that.

Rearranging furniture, adding some candles, or making even small tweaks can really make the difference.

People who earn reasonable amounts are being turned into the anti-Christ. I think 45 per cent tax is a colossal amount to take off somebody, and it is taking away the incentive to earn.

Run a home like you would a small business and treat it with the same seriousness.

I grew up in a world before people had credit cards. There were no magic cards - it was all about budgeting.

A proper family diary with everyone's events and parties in it really helps organise the household.

It's cool to have a well run, comfortable and inviting home.

Of course, we all have to be taxed, but once you start to earn more than £150,000, and start paying 45 per cent tax, you are penalised. It is like a witch hunt.

Divorce is the biggest drain, outside of school fees, and nobody wins. People think it is always in the woman's favour, but it is not necessarily.

I'll go, " he said."And that's safer because?""I'm a guy.""Right, and having a pair of dingle balls makes you invincible how?

Pursuit of passion,

Gods tender mercies are over all His creatures.

Oh you two look delicious, " Bast said, licking her lips. "No, no-er, I mean wonderful. Now, off you go!

I don't know much about sports.

Humanity, morality, decency, might be forgotten, but codfish must still be had for the use of the faithful in Lent and on fast days.

In the same way that rain breaks into a house with a bad roof, desire breaks into the mind that has not been practising meditation.

I've trained myself to fight an army, so one guy will not defeat me.

Our world has changed for better or for worse. It is for us to find truth and beauty for today, constantly re-applying the truth of God's word to our own time and our contemporary situation.

A little bit if listening with a passable ear will get an awful lot of messages anywhere.