"But instead of standing up for reason, our government is handing education over to the world of faith."

"Is anyone serious about the politics of happiness? David Cameron dipped a toe in the water, using the word lightly, but denying the hard policies it implies. Labour shies away from it, but should take up the challenge."

"Happiness is a real, objective phenomenon, scientifically verifiable. That means people and whole societies can now be measured over time and compared accurately with one another. Causes and cures for unhappiness can be quantified."

"It is now possible to quantify people's levels of happiness pretty accurately by asking them, by observation, and by measuring electrical activity in the brain, in degrees from terrible pain to sublime joy."

"Plain-dealing is a jewel, and he that useth it shall die a beggar."

"I've told my children that when I die, to release balloons in the sky to celebrate that I graduated. For me, death is a graduation."

"Married men live longer than single men. But married men are a lot more willing to die."

"Thug Life to me is dead."