You're lucky to head a coalition government. I am a coalition government on my own.

When your back is against the wall, there is only one thing to do, and that is turn around and fight.

In the next ten years we will have to continue to make changes which will make the whole of this country a genuinely classless society.

I am walking over hot coals suspended over a deep pit at the bottom of which are a large number of vipers baring their fangs.

I think it's extremely unlikely that the European Union will fracture with nations dropping off the edge.

Life is full of surprises.

Recovery begins from the darkest moment.

Society needs to condemn a little more and understand a little less.

Well, I have concerns about the effectiveness of Europe to compete.

A country of long shadows on county cricket grounds, warm beer, green suburbs, dog lovers, and old maids cycling to holy communion through the morning mist.

The first requirement of politics is not intellect or stamina but patience. Politics is a very long run game and the tortoise will usually beat the hare.

School is a jail, people want there a lot of and when you are out of school what you know from school you remember few and it's useless. So far 12 years at school... (Take it 12 years at jail!)

Astrophysics. 'It's a super-long shot' is practically the motto of our profession.

What is liberty? There is no such thing as absolute liberty!

I speak of honor-your honor to God-your honor to country-your honor to self. I sincerely believe it to be the cure to most of our ills, both on a national or individual basis.

You just have to be yourself and go full with confidence and be courageous!

My passion is for playing music and although everyone needs a break sometimes just to keep things interesting and fresh, there's no way I would ever give that up.

True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.

Razo was sorely tempted to assert that all was true and he'd lost his horns and tail in a tragic childhood accident

The only right way: to love and serve the man of the modern world, but not simply to succumb, with him, to all his illusions about the world.