Politicians who lack the vision to lead the community on big issues like public transport often hide their inaction by blaming other levels of government when anyone complains.

It is in the national interest to have the Flying Kangaroo. It's in the interests of our tourism industry. It's in the interests of jobs here in Australia.

I like fighting Tories... that's what I do.

Despite the enormous role that local government plays in our daily lives, the constitution makes not one mention of it.

You can guarantee that mining uranium will lead to nuclear waste. You can't guarantee that uranium mining will not lead to nuclear weapons.

Less cars on the road means productivity and jobs growth, as it allows for the more efficient movement of goods and services and encourages greater urban population density.

The passage of time is likely to make high-speed rail more and more desirable, making it critical that politicians of today think ahead to tomorrow.

High-speed rail would revolutionise interstate travel and would also be an economic game-changer for dozens of regional communities along its path.

When we protect ourselves from what we fear, we also undermine our capacity for wonder.

I look at this life as a puzzle without all the pieces in the box.

So walk in love as Christ loved us, and gave Himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

I never tired of picturing sharks.

A good husband makes a good wife.

When an apparent miracle happened.it proved divine mission to the credulous, and proved a contract with the devil to the skeptical.

I fought Sugar [Ray Robinson] so many times that I'm lucky I didn't get diabetes

Passion and love for a brand and its consumers sustain us. For how can we ever devote our continued highest energy to something if we don't believe in it passionately.

People tell you keep your job, start the company on the side. If I'm doing it on the side, then probably one of the reasons it fails is because I didn't dedicate enough time to it.

In grammar school they taught me that a frog turning into a prince was a fairy tale. In the university they taught me that a frog turning into a prince was a fact!