"When I got a telly we had no aerial, but I discovered that if I or one of the children stood by it you could get a picture. So I had to make a statue that could stand by the telly."

"Being constantly with children was like wearing a pair of shoes that were expensive and too small. She couldn't bear to throw them out, but they gave her blisters."

"I've never been drawn to the feminist movement. I was brought up to believe that men had little to do with the home or children - except to bring in the money."

"It seems to me that a mutually beneficial relationship between a man and woman requires the man to be dominant. A sensible woman will allow the man to think he is the most important partner."

"Dreams are the seeds of change. Nothing ever grows without a seed, and nothing ever changes without a dream."

"The personal things should be left out of platforms at conventions. You can argue yourself blue in the face, and you're not going to change each other's minds. It's a waste of your time and my time."

"The change began in Somalia, where we discovered that we were involved in an operation where there was no peace, so there was no more a peacekeeping operation because there was no peace."

"What we've proven is that you can protect the environment, use it wisely and grow the economy and that there is no conflict between the two."