In the target seats we have been going like a bomb and there is a great deal of confidence. I think there's going to be a great deal of regional variation throughout the UK.

It can fairly be said of John Smith that he had all the virtues of a Scottish presbyterian, but none of the vices.

My priorities? The environment, the environment, the environment.

Overall his period in office can only be characterised as a decade of missed opportunities in which the hopes of the British people for a new kind of politics were shattered [on Tony Blair]

Under my leadership the Liberal Democrats would not be making polite interjections from the sidelines, we would be hammering on the doors of power.

Everyone deserves a second chance to be loved: fearlessly.

There is no law against delaying action to weigh it in thought.

Do not think lightly of good, that nothing will come of it. A whole water pot will fill up from dripping drops of water.

I think ties are great and Kathy Bates is an actress whose work I've admired tremendously over many years, and I feel a certain kinship with her, we both came from an extensive theater background.

When I was younger I wanted to be an airline pilot, but that lasted for about 30 seconds.

American Idol allowed us to find Carrie Underwood.

The sense of being alone is a huge issue for so many people in this world. As a worshipper of Jesus, there's a very real sense that we are always seen, held and known.

Once the current of awareness of the self is set afoot, it becomes everlasting and continuous by intensification.

I want to be someone's everything. I want fire and passion, and love that's returned, equally. I want to be someone's heart.

When a felon s not engaged in his employment, Or maturing his felonious little plans, His capacity for innocent enjoyment Is just as great as any honest mans.