What is gained by debt relief and aid can be lost if we don't get a proper trade agreement in Hong Kong.

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.

Slice a pear and you will find that its flesh is incandescent white. It glows with inner light. Those who carry a knife and a pear are never afraid of the dark.

When you change, everything around you changes. That’s magic!

Man is not going to wait passively for millions of years before evolution offers him a better brain.

You have to see the miracles for there to be miracles.

All writers have roots they draw from - travel, work, family. My roots are in science and it is fertile ground for fiction.

All professions, all work, all activity in the human world finds its essential meaning in the context of a people's cosmic story.

America's strength is not our diversity; our strength is our ability to unite people of different backgrounds around common principles. A common language is necessary to reach that goal.

During holiday parties I end up recycling a lot of my cocktail dresses and just wearing a layering piece, like a blazer and tights, with it.

A lot of musicians are really hard to deal with. They aren't as smart as me.

Commitments the voters don't know about can't hurt you.