I want to get down to the nuts and bolts of what is actually going to change to lift New Zealands economic performance.

Ive been really clear that my first job as leader of the Labour Party and co-leader of the labour movement is to engage with our base.

Those who are flexible in thought, will inevitably succeed.

I think thats what all New Zealanders who are fair-minded want - a good chance for everybody to get ahead, whether its education or housing.

Socialisms not a word that I use. I say social democracy because I dont think the government needs to own all the means of production.

If theres a sustainable job that will create sustainable value, people will hire for it.

Ive worked as a diplomat before I became a politician.

The power of intention can open the door of opportunity and transform a valley of trouble into a triumph of joy.

I do have a responsibility, but I would make the most boring films in the world if I woke up every morning worrying about my social responsibility.

In life, as in Chess, ones own Pawns block ones way. A mans very wealth, ease, leisure, children, books, which should help him to win, more often checkmate him

Simple and intuitive design is what inspires and drives me.

For as long as I can really remember, I wanted to be a doctor.

Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.

I think the main issue is that a lot of the stars today are very addicted, and they simply feel more comfortable smoking as they act.

I think maybe I might tackle something that doesn't reach down to a very, very young audience, like more of a kind of teenager and upwards.

Cut off from direct experience, cut off from our own feelings and sometimes our own sensations, we are only too ready to adopt a viewpoint or perspective that is handed to us, and is not our own.

Grief is so far from retrieving a loss that it makes it greater; but the way to lessen it is by a comparison with others' losses.