[To a woman whose cellphone rang during a formal meeting:] You'd better answer that. It could be someone important.

The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women

To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible?

1992 is not a year I shall look back on with undiluted pleasure. In the words of one of my more sympathetic correspondents, it hasturned out to be an Annus Horribilis.

I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else - I can give my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations.

Football's a difficult business and aren't they prima donnas. But it's a wonderful game.

[On being criticized for her serious expression:] I simply ache from smiling. Why are women expected to beam all the time? It's unfair. If a man looks solemn, it's automatically assumed he's a serious person, not a miserable one.