Ageing means a loss of a number of skills over time.

And I believe that the best buy in public health today must be a combination of regular physical exercise and a healthy diet.

We are increasingly recognising and accepting, respecting and celebrating, our cultural diversity.

At the last census it indicated that about 22 per cent of Australians were born overseas.

Advances in science and medical research and public health policies have meant that life expectancy for Australians is one of the highest in the world.

The message from the United States and Europe is that governments must live within their means.

Today it has been estimated that the average 70 year old has four chronic conditions and consumes an average of 35 PBS scripts per year for those conditions.

Prevention is one of the few known ways to reduce demand for health and aged care services.

Synergy and serendipity often play a big part in medical and scientific advances.

The strongest initiative that government can take to ensure Australia is prepared for population ageing, is to maintain a strong economy, and a secure nation.

The Gillard government must give up its addiction to wasteful spending borrowing and taxing.

Good management consists in showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

Attachment constrains our vision so that we are not able to see things from a wider perspective.

[The] public path of life Is dirty.

Gratitude is like credit; it is the backbone of our relations; frequently we pay our debts not because equity demands that we should, but to facilitate future loans.

In catholisism we have an entire religion based on a woman who really stuck to her story

Marriage must perforce fight against the all-devouring monster of habit.

Without the anticipation of better things ahead, we will have no heart for the journey.

Few things are necessary to make the wise man happy while no amount of material wealth would satisfy a fool. I am not a fool.

I loved my mother and father.