The government increasingly resembles somebody who is trying to give the kiss of life to a corpse.

Investment banking has, in recent years, resembled a casino, and the massive scale of gambling losses has dragged down traditional activities as banks try to rebuild their balance sheets.

Our workforce is very co-operative, very flexible, easy to work with and one of the big selling points. The idea that Britain is still back in the labour market of the '70s is utterly bizarre.

And humility in politics means accepting that one party doesn't have all the answers; recognising that working in partnership is progress not treachery.

The degree of leverage now being reversed is on a staggering scale, and the underlying global imbalances – notably between the savers and the spenders – will require long and painful adjustment.

I made friends with a boy who was a communist when I was 13 and that broadened my political views, but it also brought me into conflict with my father who was very Right-wing.

If the pendulum swings, it may swing to a combination of Conservatives and Liberal Democrats and, thus, to a period of minority government or coalition, in some form.

When I was a child we were sufficiently well off for me to be a picky eater and I still cannot eat vegetables cooked in the traditional British manner.

I don't feel comfortable with luxury, and I try to stay fairly normal.

The House has noticed the Prime Minister's remarkable transformation in the past few weeks, from Stalin to Mr. Bean.

I am a bit of a lefty on some issues.

You know that you’re truly successful when you can afford to fail.

It was curious how some people had a highly developed sense of guilt, she thought, while others had none.

It's going to be okay, " Park said.She nodded. "Right.""Because I love you."She laughed. "Is that why?""It is, actually.

The secular world looks to the church and to its chagrin, finds no love, no life, no laughter, no hope and no happiness.

I will be a president of all Bulgarians, irrespective of their ethnicity, religion or political affiliations.

I have an assistant in Vancouver to help me with my life.

The musquetos continue to infest us in such manner that we can scarcely exist. My dog even howls with the torture he experiences.

It becomes still more difficult to find
Words at once true and kind,
Or not untrue and not unkind.

All love is true, but not all truth ... is love?

Imitation isn't the sincerest form of flattery - it's plagiarism.