"If we don’t get a grip on government spending, there will be no growth." ― George Osborne Topic(s): Government More From George Osborne "The positive news is that the British economy is continuing to grow and is creating jobs. And it is positive news too that at a time of real international instability we are a safe haven in the storm." "I had the closest thing I have ever had to an out-of-body experience lying in bed one morning. I turned on the ‘Today’ programme and item four on the news was: ‘The shadow chancellor has ruled himself out of the leadership.’ I lay there thinking that’s interesting, then I realised it was me." "It’s normally the kiss of death to be identified as a rising star, or someone to watch." More In Government "All government, of course, is against liberty."― H. L. Mencken "I like women. I don’t understand them, but I like them."― Sean Connery "Now, I’m not saying I’m fashionable, but there are sociological interests that matter to me, things that are theoretical, political, intellectual and also concerned with vanity and beauty that we all think about but that I try to mix up and translate into fashion."― Miuccia Prada