The duty of responsibility placed on any MP is one of the greatest honours that can be bestowed and I for one don't believe the Conservative Party would abuse that trust by selecting someone who did not have the goods to do the job, just for the sake of media coverage.

An interim government was set up in Afghanistan. It included two women, one of whom was Minister of Women's Affairs. Man, who'd she have to show here ankles to to get that job?

Tina Fey

Life is never easy for those who dream.

Robert James Waller

In the darkest of times, laughter helps revolutionize our perspective.

Phil Callaway

The garden suggests there might be a place where we can meet nature halfway.

Michael Pollan

When fast food is not a treat but a dietary staple, the children surf the internet all day in dark corners of the room and are bombarded with latest gadgets. Things replace parental standards.

Diane Abbott

If he really thinks there is no distinction between vice and virtue, when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons.

Samuel Johnson

It is loneliness that makes the loudest noise. This is as true of men as of dogs.

Eric Hoffer

A holiday is an opportunity to journey within. It is also a chance to chill, to relax. It is when I switch on my rest mode.

Prabhas

If only the strength of the love that people feel when it is reciprocated could be as intense and obsessive as the love we feel when it is not; then marriages would be truly made in heaven.

Ben Elton

The computer is a moron.

Peter Drucker

A house is no home unless it contain food and fire for the mind as well as for the body.

Margaret Fuller

I have had death threats from people with fixations.

Enya