Our tolerance is part of what makes Britain, Britain. Conform to it; or don't come here.

The kaleidoscope has been shaken. The pieces are in flux. Soon they will settle again. Before they do, let us re-order this world around us.

The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.

I want my son to grow up in a place where the people are more powerful than the government and not the other way around.

There is no meeting of minds, no point of understanding with such terror. Just a choice: Defeat it or be defeated by it. And defeat it we must.

Global warming is too serious for the world any longer to ignore its danger or split into opposing factions on it.

A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in.. And how many want out.

Politics is about listening and it's about leading.

I didn't come into politics to change the Labour Party. I came into politics to change the country.

One of the paradoxes of globalization is that, in the developing world, we've seen massive reductions in property.

The emphasis placed by more and more companies on corporate social responsibility, symbolises the recognition that prosperity is best achieved in an inclusive society.

I leapt eagerly into books. The characters’ lives were so much more interesting than the lonely heartbeat of my own.

The Sleep Problem today is not as much about being able to sleep for 7 hours

Things do not happen to us… They happen because of us

Genius lives only one storey above madness

I've never formally trained for pain management, but I have a good understanding of how to conquer it. I just analyze the pain, feel it in the moment, and then mentally become numb to it.

Language is the biggest barrier to human progress because language is an encyclopedia of ignorance. Old perceptions are frozen into language and force us to look at the world in an old fashioned way.

I am stronger than depression and I am braver than loneliness and nothing will ever exhaust me.

I'd like to be able to use Storm's powers for good, like have it rain more in Southern California. We could do with it.

When your spirit is not in the least clouded, when the clouds of bewilderment clear away, there is the true void.

Why can I never set my heart on a possible thing?