I'm just very keen to have a family and both Catherine and I, you know, are looking forward to having a family in the future.

Everybody thinks I drink beer but I actually like cider!

I have to say that I thought search-and-rescue duties over Snowdonia were physically and mentally demanding, but looking after a 3-week-old baby is up there!

There's been a lot of speculation about every single girl I'm with and it actually does quite irritate me after a while, more so because it's a complete pain for the girls.

I'm probably a bit of a cheeky grandson, like my brother as well. We both take the mickey a bit too much.

My guiding principles in life are to be honest, genuine, thoughtful and caring.

That which holds our attention determines our action.

As I learned from growing up, you don't mess with your grandmother.

I think it's very important that you make your own decision about what you are. Therefore you're responsible for your actions, so you don't blame other people.

People say it's not ambitious, but it is actually quite ambitious wanting to help people.

He's a blockhead who wants a proof of what he cannot perceive. And he's a fool a fool who tries to make such a blockhead believe.

A lot of people don't believe in curses.A lot of people don't believe in yellow-spotted lizards either, but if one bites you, it doesn't make a difference whether you believe in it or not.

With confidence, you have won before you have started.

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Ah! why, ye Gods, should two and two make four?

I said this right after the election - we have to remind ourselves we're on the same team. Vladimir Putin's not on our team.

All knowledge degenerates into probability.

Conscience gets a lot of credit that really belongs to cowardice.

Taken over the centuries, scientific ideas have exerted a force on our civilization fully as great as the more tangible practical applications of scientific research.

Few people can look at a painting longer than it takes to peel an orange and eat it.

All good criticism should be judged the way art is. You shouldn't read it the way you read history or science.