Climate change is also clearly a matter of huge interest and concern for the scientific community.

That was the crossover line for us, to be able to play that many shows, sell them out real quick and have that tribe queue up outside and still be a mystery to everybody else.

Climate change is such a huge issue that it requires strong, concerted, consistent and enduring action by governments.

What generally happens in this county is that our politicians don't serve us well because they don't tell the truth, and they don't keep their promises.

I have always had, as I know many people have, a singular passion for Australia. I do love the sunburnt country, its ancient landscapes, its exhilarating reaches of sand and sea.

You don't want to spend your life explaining yourself.

It is now well understood that humans ultimately depend on the health of the planet for their wellbeing.

At an everyday level I would reckon myself more than fortunate.

In particular, Australia, because of its ancient geography, soil profile and distinctive weather patterns, is more adversely affected by climate variability than some other continents.

Well I'm not convinced that expanding uranium mining is in the best interests of the country and the best interests of its environment.

I haven't chosen to make an issue of faith.

Don't try to write anything you can't feel - it will be a failure - 'echoes nothing worth

Anyone can love a rose, but only a saint can love its thorns.

A brilliant mind was first a listener that observed the actions of the people that loved and hated them, then found a way to express their feelings, when real communication was lost.

The wounded were crying, and the rest were dying. Jack stood alone in a hallway of mangled men, who had been trained for this

I continue to work on plays, but I've always felt that you could put a note in a bottle and send it offshore, and you'd have as much chance communicating with people.

Being the person I am, you know, the size I am, being a woman, being a black woman, there's not a lot of roles for us.

And in another point of view, I think it is right that the address of a president should be on his own subject, and that different subjects should be thus brought in turn before the meetings.

It's a fact: stock investors sometimes lose money on their way to wealth. Get over it.

He who is unmoved by tears has no heart.

The future is always changing. If we had no choices, there'd be no point in living.