I feel a little uncomfortable at being asked the sorts of questions that other Catholics in public life tend not to be asked.

I think that people should come to Australia through the front door, not through the back door. If people want a migration outcome, they should go through the migration channels.

I would not want to see any relaxation of the law prohibiting human cloning.

Abortion is the easy way out. It’s hardly surprising that people should choose the most convenient exit from awkward situations.

We accept that sometimes in difficult circumstances, difficult things happen.

Jesus knew that there was a place for everything and it’s not necessarily everyone’s place to come to Australia.

No one, however smart, however well-educated, however experienced, is the suppository of all wisdom.

We just can’t stop people from being homeless if that’s their choice.

I'm focused on doing the job the treasurer should do.I don't respond to gossip.

Aboriginal people have much to celebrate in this country's British heritage

The last thing Australia needs right now is instability and uncertainty.

The missed call and call back drama between men and women deserves its own user mannual.

I couldn't be with someone who is depressed all the time.

It's a good habit to trumpet your failures and be quiet about your successes.

Realism is always subjective in film. There's no such thing as cinema verite.

God is the celebrity author of the world's best seller. We have made god into the biggest celebrity of all, to contain our own emptiness.

In a normal education everything is designed to suppress spontaneity, but I wanted to develop it.

Who does not know that the first law of historical writing is the truth.

I'm sure many writers have these strange, tiny little habits.

I can certainly be my own worst critic and oftentimes forget to enjoy the here and now.

I myself do nothing. The Holy Spirit accomplishes all through me.