Whatever the dangers of the action we take, the dangers of inaction are far, far greater.

The kaleidoscope has been shaken. The pieces are in flux. Soon they will settle again. Before they do, let us re-order this world around us.

The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.

I want my son to grow up in a place where the people are more powerful than the government and not the other way around.

There is no meeting of minds, no point of understanding with such terror. Just a choice: Defeat it or be defeated by it. And defeat it we must.

Global warming is too serious for the world any longer to ignore its danger or split into opposing factions on it.

A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in.. And how many want out.

Politics is about listening and it's about leading.

I didn't come into politics to change the Labour Party. I came into politics to change the country.

One of the paradoxes of globalization is that, in the developing world, we've seen massive reductions in property.

The emphasis placed by more and more companies on corporate social responsibility, symbolises the recognition that prosperity is best achieved in an inclusive society.

Gillard is as likeable as Rudd is charmless. She is self-deprecating

Divorce isn't such a tragedy. A tragedy's staying in an unhappy marriage, teaching your children the wrong things about love. Nobody ever died of divorce.

I think that any sculpture is a response to its environment. It can be brought to life or put to sleep by the environment.

The spirit or life spark which animates this manifestation could be called God.

John McCain will pay hundreds of dollars for his own shoes. But we're the ones who have to pay for his flip-flops.

I have demons you can't even imagine.

When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending the best.

Java is C++ without the guns, clubs and knives.

Marketing is the set of human activities directed at facilitating and consummating exchanges.

They hadn't much faith in travel, nor a great belief in a change of scene as a panacea for spiritual ills; they were simply glad to be going.