I am humble enough to recognize that I have made mistakes, but politically astute enough to know that I have forgotten what they are.

There are those who never stretch out the hand for fear it will be bitten. But those who never stretch out the hand will never feel it clasped in friendship.

They say a man should be judged by his enemies. I am very proud of mine.

I can foresee no circumstance in which I would allow my name to be put forward for the leadership of the Conservative Party.

I always knew that Neil Kinnock belonged in the economic nursery. Now, God help us we've got twins.

My preoccupation has been from the very beginning that I believe that the "Brexit" referendum result is the most disastrous peacetime result that we've seen in Britain.

Mrs Thatcher was not lightly bullied.

You can't wield a handbag from an empty chair.

The British public sees with blinding clarity.

The market has no morality

It is the only time that I can ever remember the Prime Minister reading out the conclusions of a meeting that did not take place. They were already written before it started.

Money and religion are perfect alloy.

You are judged more by what you do passively than by what you do actively.

There are some things your mind has been hiding from you.

Friends are a second existence.

Education can lift individuals out of poverty and into rewarding careers.

There are no endings, and never will be endings, to the turning of the Wheel of Time. But it was an ending.

Honestly, this will never happen because she's so much classier than me, but I would love to work with Sofia Coppola.

The important thing is to keep the fire in your heart and be strong to overcome hard moments.

Anyway, just because you're sworn enemies doesn't mean you can't be friends, does it?

The man who sweats under his mask, whose role makes him itch with discomfort, who hates the division in himself, is already beginning to be free.