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.

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 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.

Whether you agree with me, disagree with me, like me or loathe me, don't bind my hands when I am negotiating on behalf of the British people.

In the Bible, the opposite of Sin, with a capital 'S, ' is not virtue - it's faith: faith in a God who draws all to himself in his resurrection.

He couldn't suppress the grin that curves his lips. "In fact, I'm the only man who belongs in your bed from now on.

Spending an evening on the World Wide Web is much like sitting down to a dinner of Cheetos, two hours later your fingers are yellow and you're no longer hungry, but you haven't been nourished.

I didn't want to stay until I had used up all the enjoyment because that's too long to stay anywhere.

I get up very early in the morning. I enjoy the quietness, the stillness, the rawness in the winter and fall. It's a special time.

It is the devil's masterstroke to get us to accuse him

Borders are scratched across the hearts of men By strangers with a calm, judicial pen, And when the borders bleed we watch with dread The lines of ink across the map turn red.

Try to make the time frame the minimum the story will permit.

There is nothing more Islamic than critical thinking.