If someone is being very cheeky, it can be quite fun to deal with that situation.

I've never been much given to little social cliques.

Fairness is not about statistical equality.

For far too long the House of Commons has been run as little more than a private club by and for gentleman amateurs.

I pride myself on being courteous to people, and trying to fashion good relations.

I am seeking every day to restore faith in Parliament - to ensure we have a House of Commons which is representative, effective and reconnected to the people we serve.

I never aspired to be Speaker simply so I could say, 'I am the Speaker of the House of Commons,' and tell my children that.

I think the record shows that as Speaker, I have taken the lead in cleaning up politics.

I don't want to crawl over the entrails of past disputes.

It's a cowardly form of politics to use my spouse to beat me.

A legislature cannot be effective while suffering from public scorn.

The most critical time in any battle is not when I’m fatigued, it’s when I no longer care.

Cease striving. Then there will be transformation.

Life without the Internet is unimaginable.

It was our worst-ever day, the worst result in my history, ever. Even as a player I don't think I ever lost 6-1.

The vast upheaval of the World War set in motion forces that will either destroy civilization or raise mankind to undreamed of heights of human welfare and prosperity.

Human happiness konsists in having what yu want, and wanting what yu have.

A lot of the people involved in the media are very serious, honest people, and they will tell you, and I think they are right, that they are not being forced to write anything.

You have to live before you die, or you'll die before you live.

The situation comes first...the characters...come next...[then] begin to narrate.

That's the new picture of the good life that I want to paint - living the way that God created us to live. That's what the good life is.