Ultimately what is not needed now is recriminations.

Michael Gove is the right leader for the country ... He can speak out to the aspirational underdog in our society, the kid from the council estate.

[Michael] Gove will be the underdog fighting for the underdog in this leadership race.

I also think when it comes to delivering on Brexit, we need someone with a passion but also the mastery of the detail.

No one fights with more principle and passion than Michael Gove.

Boris [Johnson] was cavalier with assurances he made. We're picking a prime minister here to lead the country, not a school prefect.

Michael Gove is the right leader for the country.

We were striving and struggling not just for a dream ticket, but a dream team...

Putting together a really strong unifying team was an absolute condition. When that fell away, I think that Michael [Gove] felt things had changed.

I think that Michael [Gove] felt things had changed.

Every new day, I reach out to the best of myself by grace.

If you want truth, you should begin by giving it.

Success is not certain until you are obsessed by your goal

Poor food and water for dinner, a bent arm for a pillow – that is where joy resides. For me, wealth and renown without honor are nothing but drifting clouds.

It's like saying French shouldn't be taught because you don't understand it because it's new. Shakespeare is just like learning a new, exciting language.

To the extent that we are all educated and informed, we will be more equipped to deal with the gut issues that tend to divide us.

However much you deny the truth, the truth goes on existing.

You must be willing to give total unconditional love to everyone, under all circumstances. That means being willing to be totally responsible for what you do and how you do it.

When I sing, it's the most solitary state: just me, and the microphone, and the holy spirit. It's not about notes or scales, it's all about emotion.

However often the thread may be torn out of your hands, you must develop enough patience to wind it up again and again.