Boris Johnson

My friends, as I have discovered myself, there are no disasters, only opportunities. And, indeed, opportunities for fresh disasters.

I am proud to be a member of the Bullingdon Club. I can read Latin, unlike some other people.

Voting Tory will cause your wife to have bigger breasts and increase your chances of owning a BMW M3.

I could not, and would not, be in favour of a policy of restricting the entry of foreign-born individuals who are prepared to come and work in Britain. It is a fundamental economic error.

My policy on cake is pro having it and pro eating it.

I find it difficult to believe that people are not prepared to make an effort to learn English.

I'm not a natural leader. I am not a natural follower. I am an anachronism. I am a man of the wrong time.

There are some people who think that the entire purpose of the human race is to go around apologising for things that happened a long time ago.

I don't think I'm a man who is particularly known for his modesty.

If you can find someone who is prepared to give you a job, you're not going to be able to turn it down.

I'm not going to be a prime minister who is going to be doing one of those 'here's my five-point plan' things.

I am a one-man melting pot.

I have as much chance of becoming Prime Minister as of being reincarnated as an olive.

I mean, I'm not a politician in the conventional sense. I don't go around wearing a rosetta on my lapel.

If I am to be remembered for anything, I hope it is for having brought a bit of joy and laughter to people's lives.

I don't believe in karma. I believe in action.

I am a fan of the bicycle. I am a fan of the internal combustion engine. I am a fan of all forms of transport.

I'm not a dogmatist. I'm a pragmatist. I believe in whatever works.

I don't mind what people say about me, as long as they spell my name right.

I have always been a great believer in the power of the human spirit to overcome adversity.