Every moderate drinker could abandon the intoxicating cup if he would every inebriate would if he could.

The punters know that the horse named Morality rarely gets past the post, whereas the nag named Self-interest always runs a good race.

If you want to succeed, you must make your own opportunities as you go.

You can commit no greater folly than to sit by the road side until someone comes along and invites you to ride with him to wealth or influence.

She was a remarkable person and the love of my life.

Well may we say 'God save the Queen', because nothing will save the Governor-General'.

I've never said I'm immortal. I do believe in correct language. I'm eternal; I'm not immortal.

Australia's treatment of her Aboriginal people will be the thing on which the world will judge Australia and Australians - Not just now, but in the greater perspective of history.

A conservative government survives essentially by dampening expectations and subduing hopes. Conservatism is basically pessimistic, reformism is basically optimistic.

It is the first time the burglar has been appointed as caretaker.

He reveals that he has been a poor politician, a bad judge and a malevolent individual.

When she found a place of her ownand packed her bags he asked her to marry him. She kissed him, and quoted in his ear, "He married a woman to stop her getting away, Now she’s there all day.

You think an Air Gap is a defense? Sofacy, Stuxnet, Uroburos, AirHopper, BitWhisperer and ProjectSauron…enough said!

Happiness, or misery, is in the mind. It is the mind that lives.

Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth.

The further you run from your sins, the more exhausted you are when they catch up to you.

I don't panic. The same thing applies to me as to everybody else, so I'm given to euphoria and despair. And I would say that I basically have survived by recognizing my mistakes.

Marketing is every bit of contact your company has with anyone in the outside world. Every bit of contact. That means a lot of marketing opportunities. It does not mean investing a lot of money.

I guess it would be if I wanted to, just lay back and predominantly write songs when I can't go on a stage anymore.

Heredity proposes and development disposes.

I can be a bit of a science geek. I tend more towards reading about brain science, neuroscience.