Britain was set to repeat the boom-bust cycle that led to 15 per cent. interest rates for one whole year in the early 1990s.

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.

Morality is the weakness of the mind.

Reading makes me feel like I've lived a thousand lives in addition to my own.

Prayers only help the person doing the praying, and then, only if they strengthen and focus that person's resolve.

I love the idea of being part of a campaign that captures the spirit of New York and the stories of women here, passionate about their dreams.

I don't want any title. I just say what I say, and hopefully somebody gets it, man. I'm not perfect, and I'm just here and trying to make a dollar, and being real at the same time, you know?

The rule in music land is never doody in the bus and never doody in the RV.

Literature is an inquiry into the deepest yearnings of the human spirit.

My stomach sank. JP had come so close. His immigrant parents had sacrificed so much.

Upon him the contempt of three planets descended.

He who shall hurt the little wren Shall never be beloved by men.