The Scottish Labour Party, while I have breath in my body, will listen to the views of trade unionists.

Separation and devolution are two completely different concepts which cannot be mixed together. One is not a stop on the way to the other.

I love hard political debate and I love beating somebody on a political point but what I'm more frustrated by is the politics where you play the man not the politics.

Scotland cannot be the only 'something for nothing' country in the world.

My Scottish Labour Party is a crusade - to fight poverty, inequality and injustice.

What I will say will not always please you, but what I say will always be honest and true and how I genuinely see it.

Telling the truth, and confronting the challenge, is what politics is about.

We shall seek debate without division or rancour.

My working life has always been wrapped up in doing my job to the best of my abilities and doing the best for my family. It is not a contest between the two.

I got a very strong sense from my mother, in particular, that we are all equal in the sight of God.

Schools are not exam factories for the rat race.

Recently God asked me the same question in a new way, "And if I don't allow you to heal, if I never remove the pain, will you still trust Me?

Bonding through caregiving..I don't think I'd ever realized until then that so much affection, so much heart connect, happens when we take care of someone.

I wasn't a great student. Just give me a school with no grades, and I'll be happy.

I like to be surprised. Fresh implications and plot twists erupt as a story unfolds. Characters develop backgrounds, adding depth and feeling. Writing feels like exploring

We merely want to live in peace with all the world.

If I didn't have air supremacy, I wouldn't be here.

Even in the best of lives, mistakes are made.

If I think about my life, I'm not reluctant about taking chances. I'm definitely not reluctant about relationships.

Some ideas take you to the stars; some sinks you to the mud!

I'm not ill-informed about movies. I like movies that take it to that next step.