That's one of the good things about being from the political centre, you're willing to work with both side of politics.

In Australia there are not limits on what you can believe but there are limits on how you can behave. It's called the law, and no one is above it.

I'm not against free trade but I'm against free trade deals that are negotiated badly, that actually compromise jobs, manufacturing jobs, compromise the national interest.

I don't know if I am a very good politician. I'm not a good hater.

O Lord, I commit my plans into thy mighty hands, guide me along straight path.

No honest poet can ever feel quite sure of the permanent value of what he has written: he may have wasted his time and messed up his life for nothing.

Language is the writer's only tool - we really don't have anything else - but our language contains within it our entire experience of the world.

For even the best of peace training is more theoretical than practical experience ... indirect practical experience may be the more valuable because infinitely wider.

I think you really have to become a parent to understand what you will endure to be there for your kids.

Let me remind you that credit is the lifeblood of business, the lifeblood of prices and jobs.

And why is it the best looking ones are always straight?

Jesus paid a tremendous price for us so we could have abundant life. He willingly took all of our sin on Himself and gave His life on the cross so we could be forgiven and have new life in Him.

Anything can happen with a razor.

I have a rough idea when I walk into a studio though.