THEY SAID WHAT?

“We must get back into the business of building the good quality new homes for people who need them most. That is why I have made it my mission to build the homes the country needs and take personal charge of the Government’s response.” – The Prime Minister

“In Iceland, especially in my teenage years, we didn’t date. You just went out and you got plastered and you woke up the next morning with someone and... And you married them! I definitely don’t date, like go to a restaurant all dressed up.” – Icelandic singer Björk, below

“I am not on Tinder. I am not that desperate. I have nothing against Tinder except all the men look incredibly ugly.” – TV’s Anne Robinson on the dating app

“Social media is just not me. That whole thing of ‘look at me!’. For me, the more privacy the better, not telling people what I’m doing.” – Model Kate Moss

“We’re very against the term gentrification. We think it’s sexist, you’d never say lady fication.” – George Passmore, of artistic duo Gilbert and George

“I was so poor, the audience threw eggs at me. I went on as Hamlet and came off as omelette.” – Broadcaster Gyles Brandreth recalls when he once played the Prince of Denmark

“I have had many conversations with the Queen. She has a great skill of making conversation both hugely interesting and wonderfully forgettable.” – Royal author Robert Lacey