I don't cook very often. Actually, I'd go further: I can't cook.

I am quite hot-headed; I am quite impulsive. Fortunately, it doesn't last very long.

Men - the colour of their tie is the most difficult decision they have to make every day.

Ed Balls has made it crystal clear that, left to its own devices, a Labour government would simply carry on with the same budget policies as the Tories.

I bow to no one in my ambition to see Glasgow be as successful as it possibly can be.

Poverty is on the increase - due to welfare cuts - and demand for food banks has rocketed.

Scotland has a great deal to offer the world in terms of our approach to key economic and social issues.

I do struggle to identify an occasion when I was held back because I'm a woman... You don't think about it at the time, but looking back at it, of course.

People who think of a nationalist party sometimes think 'inward-looking and parochial.' The kind of nationalism I represent is the opposite of that.

I'll be arguing for Scotland to vote to stay in the E.U.

Scotland almost invented the modern world. I mean, all of these televisions, telephones, penicillin, we all - all of these things were invented in Scotland.

The oil and gas sector in the North Sea does have a strong future if we do the right things now, but we've got to make sure that the infrastructure is right to support the sector, but also to support, over the next few years, diversification as well.

The U.K. needs a strong opposition, and Labour shows no signs of being capable of being that. The SNP is filling that void and will go on seeking to do that.

One thing we've learned is that there's not anything that Nigel Farage won't blame on foreigners.

Polls can change; people's opinions can change. Voting intentions can change, and I think it would be a silly leader, a silly political party, that would assume that we have it sewn up.

London has a centrifugal pull on talent, investment and business from the rest of Europe and the world. That brings benefits to the broader U.K. economy.

Equality and prosperity shouldn't be seen as enemies of each other, but as partners. One reinforces the other.

One of the attributes Glasgow is best known for all over the world is the friendliness of her people.

Since I became First Minister, I have made clear my priority to alleviate poverty and tackle inequality in Scotland. Ensuring that everyone can do better in life will not only make Scotland fairer, but it will also make it a more prosperous place.

The importance of education is ingrained in Scottish history.

The U.K.'s debt belongs legally to Westminster, so Scotland, by definition, can't default on it.

I worry about the direction of the U.K. and U.K. politics and governance in the event of a Brexit.

Most people would agree that the E.U. is too bureaucratic, not transparent or democratic enough and that it often interferes too much in matters that are best left to national governments.

Let us put the normal divisions of politics aside. Let us come together as one country; let us seize this historic moment to shift the balance of power from the corridors of Westminster to the streets and communities of Scotland.