Do not underestimate the determination of a quiet man.

All I can say to the others is, 'Look out, we're on our way.

After years of piecemeal reform the current welfare system is complex and unfair.

We do not celebrate people who have made success out of serious hard work.

A system that was originally designed to support the poorest in society is now trapping them in the very condition it was supposed to alleviate.

Over the years the political establishment has frowned if a mainstream politician mentions marriage.

I went up to the top of the career ladder and I came down again, I am past all that.

That thing, 'You must stay together for the kids,' is out of fashion but is right. It's not arguing parents that children don't like, it is having one parent.

I am not going to go round trying to make people say 'Wow!'... I'm not going to play Hollywood lookalikes.

No I'm not a great believer in getting back over things and saying if only, or if, or buts because I don't think we actually get anywhere on that.

Aspiration, it seems, is in danger of becoming the preserve of the wealthy.

I am not a human being enjoying a spiritual life, I am a spiritual being enjoying a human life.

It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.

I sit with my knees pulled in tight and my arms wrapped around my shins. I can no longer feel my feet, as if blood refuses to spread so far from my heart.

I hate pulling out... I mean, I'm really bad at the whole parking thing....

It is a bad idea to live too long. Few carry it off well.

Your eyes hide a tenderness that is more sensitive than all the red roses of the world.

I always tend to think of all of my shows as possibly my last show. I'm like a junior Springsteen, without the underbite.

There is really a whole new appreciation when you leave and then come back.

You have to be the best you can be with what you have.

The energy that moves across the ocean connects all surfers who ride it.