We cannot tear out a single page of our life, but we can throw the whole book in the fire.

Constant remembrance of the Almighty will bring you everlasting happiness and peace

Chicago happened slowly, like a migraine. First they were driving through countryside, then, imperceptibly, the occasional town became a low suburban sprawl, and the sprawl became the city.

Form does not necessarily follow function

For the most part, people don't know who I am.

In a democracy, power is not permanent.

When I became Prime Minister, I looked back on what was done before – what were the policies and actions before – and I thought that I need to be critical if I’m going to do anything at all.

No such thing, the queen said, as too many sequins.

I'm still a nobody, when am I not going to be a nobody?

People want to forget the impossible. It makes their world safer.

Good bye may seem forever. Farewell is like the end, but in my heart is the memory and there you will always be.