I think Australia has to be a country which has the 'Welcome' sign out.

He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up

I think leadership's always been about two main things: imagination and courage.

Leadership is not about being nice. it's about being right and being strong

Silly what's his name, the Shrek, whoever he was on the television this morning?

The Labor Party is a party of conviction. The Liberal Party is a party of convenience.

The fact is Burke is smarter than two thirds of the Western Australian Labor Party rolled together.

Australia without the Irish would be unthinkable... unimaginable... unspeakable.

Anybody who achieves what Malcolm Fraser achieved in his life deserves respect as a quite extraordinary Australian.

You see, psychologically, Australia must understand it has to live in the region around it. Australia must find its security in Asia; it cannot find its security from Asia.

The great curse of modern political life is incrementalism.

Until you commit your goals to paper, you have intentions that are seeds without soil.

My biggest fear, even now, is that I will hear Jesus' words and walk away, content to settle for less than radical obedience to Him.

Whether I'm hitting .100 or .300, I have resolved to at least enjoy every game.

I don't really want to tell jokes about trivia; I'd kind of rather tell jokes about things like life and death.

Some say they see poetry in my paintings; I see only science.

To make a point of declaring friendship is to cheapen it. For men's emotions are very rarely put into words successfully.

Meals, in the sense in which we understand this word, began with the second age of the human species.

I've been stuck on John Eldredge lately. He's all about being a warrior outside of the church. I hate to think about this kind of stuff - I just like to do it.

We all have a limited amount and that it's a privilege to grow old. That's something that I think a lot of people have forgotten in this very fast-paced world where youth is overly celebrate.

In 2016 we are faced with a particularly bizarre and unappetizing choice as regards the two main political parties' presidential candidates, in my opinion.