Martin is your best friend, isn't he?' a sweet and well-intentioned girl once said when both of us were present: it was the only time I ever felt awkward about this precious idea, which seemed somehow to risk diminishment if it were uttered aloud.

Today we thank God for all the blessings He has bestowed upon this great Country and ask Him to continue to heal our land and meet our needs - and we do so through the power of prayer.

Nick Rahall

What a country calls its vital economic interests are not the things which enable its citizens to live, but the things which enable it to make war. Petrol is more likely than wheat to be a cause of international conflict.

Simone Weil

For God so loved the World that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Jesus Christ

Women have to be active listeners and interrupters - but when you interrupt, you have to know what you are talking about.

Madeleine Albright

Science rules!

Bill Nye

Losing faith in your own singularity is the start of wisdom, I suppose; also the first announcement of death.

Peter Conrad

Politics is not about power.

Paul Wellstone

I have also considered many scientific plans during my pushing you around in your pram!

Albert Einstein

Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense.

Joseph Addison

This is why cup finals are so special because on the day anyone can beat anyone. That's what it's all about and that's why for me the FA Cup and the Carling Cup are the best cups in the world. That's the beauty of the cup.

Ian Rush

The sad thing is that I feel so boring because 'Twilight' is literally how every conversation I have these days begins - whether it's someone I'm meeting for the first time or someone I just haven't seen in a while. The first thing I want to say to them is, 'It's insane! And, as a person, I can't do anything!'

Kristen Stewart

I don't get involved in record label politics.

Leona Lewis