It is a contradiction to support increased development assistance, yet turn a blind eye to actions by multinationals anothers that undermine the tax base of a developing country.

This generation, our generation of people who benefited, must always be the pioneers who look to younger people and say mediocrity is not accommodated in what we do.

Failure to deliver a deal in Hong Kong is just not acceptable, ... There must be an intensification of the efforts.

Dreaming is the poetry of Life, and we must be forgiven if we indulge in it a little.

If I can, I love staying in pajamas all day and watching movies and eating good food.

The leaves and the light are one.

Art is only art if it is synonymous with living

They say of me, and so they should, It's doubtful if I come to good.

Is the peace of God in the soul disturbed by things down here? No, never! If waters break in stormy currents against a rock, the rock is unmoved; it is only the waters that are disturbed.

Lowliness is the base of every virtue, And he who goes the lowest builds the safest.

People accuse me of being arrogant all the time. I'm not arrogant, I'm focused.

To me, England is past its sell-by date. It's not the country I grew up in.

We are concerned in public affairs, but immersed in our private ones.