Everything we do as a government is focused on getting help and support for hard-working Australian families. We are standing up for them.

Anyone who thinks it's smart to cut immigration is sentencing Australia to poverty.

All Australians understand that high-quality, reliable and affordable broadband is a critical part of the infrastructure our nation needs to prosper in coming years.

I believe that politicians should speak the truth all the time. Invariably there will be occasions when you make statements that are factually incorrect due to an error.

We learn from every natural disaster. Whether it's a fire or a flood, we learn something from it so we can respond to the next one better.

When politicians offer you something for nothing, or something that sounds too good to be true, it's always worth taking a careful second look.

I don't find myself in moral turmoil. I'm not given to turmoil of any kind.

It is unmanly. It is not some expression of macho virtue. It is the absolute antithesis of this. Real men don't bully women and children. Respect for women ... is so important.

There is a tendency to try to dumb everything down and turn everything into a one-paragraph press release or even less, just a slogan.

Americans understand that they have no stronger ally, no better friend, than Australia.

This is a very tough business, politics. It's easy to get resentful or full of bitterness ... (but) I think hatred hurts the hater more than the hated. So I'm looking back on my time positively.

What is it? Tens, I can see the stick up your arse from here. I'm dying remember? Dying people don't have time for silly moods

The church’s main task is to fuel having a fulfilled destiny

The benefits from stardom as Klinger outweigh any setbacks. It's a double-edged sword. What makes you famous is what interferes with getting other roles.

I write while listening to music, mostly because the world beyond my headphones is too chaotic.

Listen to me." He grabbed my arms, holding me there. " I couldn't find you. And I will never forgive myself for that. Ever.

I think the big thing about Groupon is just people had never seen anything grow quite so fast.

[My works are] an imitation of my own past and present and of my own creative vitality as I experience them in one particular instant of my emotional and imaginative life. . .

I have discovered that enemies will buy your books as much as your fans buy your books because they're looking for something new to hate you for.

I was 29 and I really fell in love, I think, for the first time. I was vulnerable in a way I didn't think I could be.

Floor exercise, the longest you run is two or three steps. In the vault, it's not a whole lot more than that.