It is a story about faith, about hope and about animals that talk and how they can change a man's life. The ark is going to be built right in front of the audience.

I hope the president may have concluded that his comments about the legitimacy of the new president were inappropriate, ... I hope we don't hear that anymore.

For these two individuals, one of whom knows how to make Governments change but the other knows how to best use his resources for good causes to come together in this way is I hope going to be very special for the both the countries that they will help but it is also very special for Scotland to be recognised in that way on the international stage.

Do you know how to change the cylinder head gasket on a Mk II Ford Cortina?

We humans may be brilliant and we may be special, but we are still connected to the rest of life. No one reminds us of this better than our dogs. Perhaps the human condition will always include attempts to remind ourselves that we are separate from the rest of the natural world. We are different from other animals; it's undeniably true. But while acknowledging that, we must acknowledge another truth, the truth that we are also the same. That is what dogs and their emotions give us-- a connection. A connection to life on earth, to all that binds and cradles us, lest we begin to feel too alone. Dogs are our bridge-- our connection wo who we really are, and most tellingly, who we want to be. When we call them home to us, it'as as if we are calling for home itself. And that'll do, dogs. That'll do.

Love without hope will not survive.
Love without faith changes nothing.
Love gives power to hope and faith.