Top 103 Quotes & Sayings by Liz Kendall - Page 2

I am a strong champion of personal health and social care budgets.

Voters in my constituency do not feel people who are not working should get more than those in work.

I hope I've got people's respect.

I'm happiest at home.

Europe itself needs to change fundamentally and focus on jobs and growth.

I will be fighting for what I believe in till the very end.

Oh god, I'm a rubbish cook.

We definitely need more women in politics. We don't want women in their late teens or early twenties who are interested in politics to think they would never go into it.

I speak to more people across different walks of life, I would bet than most people.

I love an Omega. I think they're great watches.

I want to get power out of Whitehall and down to our communities.

Too often people are being left without the tools they need to get themselves back into work.

Europe has massive challenges in completing the single market, the free movement of labour or benefits.

We have to be as passionate about wealth creation, skills, life chances and world class education as we are about wealth distribution.

I love 'Flight of the Conchords' and 'the Mighty Boosh.'

Effective stewardship of the public finances has to be at the heart of everything we do.

I like listening to Ken Clarke. He has had guts in taking his own party on on Europe - and I am a massive pro-European - and I think he stuck with what he believed in through thick and thin even when many have opposed him.

As a shadow minister I've been working with the Treasury team for years and they've been clear we couldn't make unfunded commitments.

The answers we need in 2020 are not going to be same as in 2015 or 2010, let alone 1997.

It's very precious to me and really important I have that space that's personal and just to me.

I've seen phenomenal work in Leicester where people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease use telecare to measure their own oxygen levels, and if they need to change their meds they get a phonecall from a nurse who has seen the results of their readings.

The hospital of the future will start in people's homes.

If people do not think we are serious on the economy or about supporting great business, withdrawing from the world, not being strong on our international alliances... I think that could further undermine support for us.

I hate weedy thin delicate women's watches, gets on my nerves, I like big men's watches.

Can you imagine if it was like that: everything you're doing as you grow up you're wondering, 'What is that going to mean if I ever end up being a politician?' You wouldn't have anybody except ruthlessly ambitious automatons going into politics.

Nobody wants to think about what they'll be like when they're incredibly old.

I always wanted to be a dancer. I danced for maybe 16 years. So I would have loved to have been a dancer in the past.

A Labour Party that stops talking about social mobility has forgotten what it is for.

We must stop being a party that allows briefings against colleagues.

We are a party that believes in dignity and respect for one another. We can't say that is what we want in the country if we don't behave like that ourselves.

I believe you need to have a serious and credible shadow cabinet with people who are prepared to take on the very difficult issues we face as a party, as well as inspiring our supporters with a clear vision for the future.

There will remain a role for the private and voluntary sectors where they can add extra capacity to the NHS or challenges to the system. I believe what matters is what works. That's what I've always believed in and I continue to believe in.

I have got a vintage Omega 1949 watch I love... It was a present that I got for my birthday.

Unity is vital for any party to win.

There's nothing progressive about spending more on servicing your debt than on educating your children.

Instead of promoting inherited wealth for the few, I want to tackle inherited disadvantage for the many.

I am not going to be the sort of politician who does all that stuff about their private life.

Doing stand-up in front of arenas or clubs is something else; it's not a talent I have.

I don't want anyone being put off going into politics because they fear their personal life, family and relatives will be spread all over the media.

I think many parents who are not on tax credits have to make difficult decisions about how many kids they can have and how many kids they can afford.

People are talking about immigration like it is a disease. In fact migrants pay more in than they get out.

You are more likely to be treated by a migrant in the NHS than you are to be behind them in the queue.

I am very proud that Britain has helped to lead a stronger case on climate change in the EU and the EU has led the case across the world.