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]

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.

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

You have the choice of deliberately directing your thinking, or allowing other forces to dictate your desires and attitudes.

She looked terrible, but very wise.

When you pray for anyone you tend to modify your personal attitude toward him.

Music drives you. It wakes you up, it gets you pumping. And, at the end of the day, the correct tune will chill you down.

My own faith was nurtured by my grandmother and her clinging deeply to her faith when she was dying a painful and slow death from cancer.

And many to study so much are inclined, that utterly they fall out of their mind.

The wild begins where you least expect it, one step off your normal course

Somebody once said I had a face for radio and a voice for newspapers.

I don't think balance is something you get from someone else; it's something women have to find from within. For me, finding balance is still a work in progress.

I think passion is the magnet to anything.