I'm the only P.M. of which that can be said - 'His legislation was never declared invalid in the High Court.'

The punters know that the horse named Morality rarely gets past the post, whereas the nag named Self-interest always runs a good race.

She was a remarkable person and the love of my life.

Well may we say 'God save the Queen', because nothing will save the Governor-General'.

I've never said I'm immortal. I do believe in correct language. I'm eternal; I'm not immortal.

Australia's treatment of her Aboriginal people will be the thing on which the world will judge Australia and Australians - Not just now, but in the greater perspective of history.

A conservative government survives essentially by dampening expectations and subduing hopes. Conservatism is basically pessimistic, reformism is basically optimistic.

It is the first time the burglar has been appointed as caretaker.

He reveals that he has been a poor politician, a bad judge and a malevolent individual.

If I begin my book with a review of the coup, it is only to show that my abiding interests for Australia did not end with it. They shall end only with a long and fortunate life.

I was profoundly embarrassed by it [the White Australia Policy] and did all I could to change it.

Comfortable? Don't be. I believe in those moments where we grow comfortable is where we stop growing, and in order to keep evolving, God slips the rug from beneath our feet and makes us look up.

I think the influence of books is neither direct and more predictable. Books themselves are too unruly, and so are readers.

As long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seeds of murder and pain cannot reap the joy of love.

We can't behave like people in novels, though, can we?

There are not one hundred people in the United States who hate The Catholic Church, but there are millions who hate what they wrongly perceive the Catholic Church to be.

I doubt anyone in Hollywood has had more 'dates' than me.

Nobody is healthy in London, nobody can be.

As soon as any one belongs to a narrow creed in science, every unprejudiced and true perception is gone.

When I do an accent I commit fully and take it very seriously.

Rule of thumb: Eat for what you're going to be doing, and not for what you have done. Don't take in more than you're willing to burn off.