I did maths for a year at university. I don't think I was very good at it. And some people would say it shows.

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.

Prayer cannot be a substitution for action.

Be patient. Everything has it's time. You can't make an orange mature right away because you are hungry

I am a winged creature who is too rarely allowed to use its wings. Ecstasies do not occur often enough.

Be careful to make a good improvement of precious time.

I love collaborating.

American families don't work. There is an illusion that they do.

Work without fun is like peanut butter without jelly.

Bad theology dishonors God and hurts people.

To me, anything that is a church is really just far too close minded.

There are a lot of homes for boys, but very few for girls, that is why I chose to do for girls.