Yorkshire Post

Words of the week

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WHEN I was asked, I told them I was very busy painting England actually. Her country. I generally only paint people I know, I’m not a flatterer really. – David Hockney reveals why he turned down the opportunit­y to paint a portrait of the Queen.

YOU will never get a man to admit to being a bad driver. It’s like asking him how good he is in bed. – Sir Terry Wogan.

WE have got to look deep in our souls, but we shouldn’t open our veins. – Acting Labour leader Harriet Harman, warning the party not to tear itself apart after the election defeat.

THAT is probably the first bit of good news the Labour Party has had since it lost the election. – TV’s Andrew Neil on hearing that Lord Sugar had resigned from the party.

I AM going to sue YouGov for my ulcers. – Prime Minister David Cameron, joking about the inaccurate opinion polls.

WHAT killed us was the inaccuracy of the polls. – Lord (Paddy) Ashdown, the former Liberal Democrat leader.

I’VE got enough to be comfortabl­e, if I was reasonable, for the rest of my life, but I am not reasonable. So I will have to find a way to sustain my lifestyle. – Singer Charlotte Church, whose personal fortune is said to have dropped from £25m to £11m.

CHELSEA, for me, follows the zeitgeist – it reflects general feelings of recession and wealth. It tends to follow what’s happening rather than set the trend. – TV gardener Monty Don on the Chelsea Flower Show.

THERE come times when you think now is the time to settle down, or now is not, whatever way it is, but I don’t think you can force these things. It will happen when it is going to happen. – Prince Harry, who says he would “love to have kids”.

I’VE never had a voice coach but I am about to name-drop horrendous­ly here. I did once get some advice on how to project my voice from Sean Connery, which was lovely. It’s all about where you breathe. That’s my claim to fame. – SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon.

THAT pinch-mouthed female. – Former TV newsreader Jan Leeming’s opinion of Ms Sturgeon.

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