We are a European nation - must stay one.

In the end, human history is made up of all our decisions.

Consuming three planets' worth of resources when in fact we have one is the environmental equivalent of childhood obesity - eating until you make yourself sick.

John Major put the 'er' back into Conservative, David Cameron's put the Con into Conservative - and Norman Lamont put the VAT into Conservative!

I've committed myself to serve my constituents in South Shields and I have committed myself to British politics.

Good politics starts with empathy, proceeds to analysis, then sets out values and establishes the vision, before getting to the nitty-gritty of policy solutions.

Everything about my politics has been about the future.

We know from history that the way wars are concluded is absolutely the key to whether or not there is any peace to be kept.

I'm a great believer in the Arsene Wenger school of management - which is, you don't worry about the opposition, you just get your own act together.

If you decide to run for the leadership, you have to go through it with the people you love. But you also have to protect them and I am determined to protect my mum.

I don't think I've ever been accused of being faddish. I'm more Marks & Spencer than Ted Baker.

O God open our eyes to see the wonders of your holy word.

She needs tampons. Evidently it helps with this process. We have to secure the location of where they are being sold, acquire them and then get them back to my mate posthaste.

Not everything that can be counted counts.Not everything that counts can be counted.

Love is a friendship set to music.

Somewhere between raising hell and amazing grace, Lord I know just how they feel.

The act of laughing releases some nice chemical into your brain, you feel good and it's free.

The winning of a pawn among good players of even strength often means the winning of the game.

I am very interested in place, and the influences of place on characters.

A silent majority and government by the people is incompatible.

Let me, if not by birth, have lands by wit; All with me's meet that I can fashion fit.