There are only two conditions where you’re allowed to wake up a woman on a lie-in: it’s snowing or the death of a celebrity.

Normally you have news, weather and travel.....but not on snow day, on snow day news is weather is travel.

They had to ask spain I think, they've had to say to Spain, can you lend us some stuff for the roads, and it's Gordon Brown phoning up going 'pass the salt'

I'm glad Carol Vorderman has left Countdown, I mean it's not like she did much. She was effectively just an autistic shelf-stacker.

So you're mother? Nice to put a name to a face.

If you read, you will transform your life.

Hope is a Heaven to keep you out of Hell. It's hard work believing that it's there.

Are you following me?" He asked."Us?" I was the first to speak. "Um, maybe. Hi there. How are you tonight?"He looked at me like I might be a bit crazy.

God is not looking at your abilities, talents, self-worth to be qualified to be his disciple

I can’t let you go now. I want to go places with you; obscure little places, just to be able to say: here I came with her.

If you ask the fish whether they'd rather have an oil spill or a season of fishing, I wouldn't be surprised if they'd vote for another blowout.

Art is the attention we pay to the wholeness of the world.

When I had no shoes I was comfortable - I used to run barefoot. When I wore shoes it was difficult. To run in shoes was ok, but at the beginning of my career it was hard.

In family life people almost always adjust themselves to misfortune. They make a bed of it and hope makes them accept that bed, however hard it is.

I think for a group that has a reputation for being shy and elusive, we're actually outspoken.