osborne Quotes

“I think the British people are very, very attached to the idea that the health service is free at the point of use. But there is no reason why every doctor, nurse and teacher in this country has to be employed by the state.”

“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.”

“Of all the public services, education is the one I'm most interested in. You get a more dynamic economy, you deal with most social problems, and it's morally right.”

“The guy who knows about computers is the last person you want to have creating documentation for people who don't understand computers.”

“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.”

“People think computers will keep them from making mistakes. They're wrong. With computers you make mistakes faster.”

“I don't want to stay underground for just the cool people.”

“There was a real fear that a euro-zone bank might fail, that we'd have a sovereign debt problem in one of the larger European economies. That's dissipated, thanks largely to the action of the European Central Bank.”

“I support gay marriage. I support gay marriage because I believe Conservatives support the institutions of commitment.”

“The odds are always against you no matter what your previous history is. You have to overcome the tendency to relax.”