I think I could have been quite difficult to fathom as a youngster, this kid who didn't talk about himself very much.

Behind every successful man there's a lot of unsuccessful years.

I am aware that one should always make room for renewal in politics. A democracy is the healthier for the turnover of the depth of talent there is in its community.

Exxon, Coca-Cola, BHP Billiton and News Corporation have much more say in organising the global agenda than the planet's 5 billion mature-age voters without a ballot box.

We are all born bonded to nature; that's why we put depictions of flowers and forests, rather than bulldozers or log piles, on our walls.

The future will either be green or not at all.

I didn't want to be a shock absorber; I wanted to deliver the shock.

There are better alternatives... Australia should be exporting its solar technology, not its uranium.

In securing the future of the planet, we secure happiness for ourselves. One of the aims of the Greens is to turn around the tide of pessimism amongst the young people of the world.

The Greens will continue to champion a fairer society rather than simply the economy and to champion the parliament rather than simply the stock exchange .

Globally the Greens have arisen like a spontaneous combustion, a reaction to the narrow-minded state-backed exploitation of resources and wealth for a few at the expense of the many.

The anarch wages his own wars, even when marching in rank and file

We live trapped, between the churned-up and examined past and a future that waits for our work.

I mean, sometimes I hate interviews because I always feel like I sound stupid.

You can never get enough of what you don't need, because what you don't need won't satisfy you.

The yoke a man creates for himself by wrong-doing will breed hate in the kindliest nature.

Take heede of still waters, the quick passe away.

Not all magic is fireworks and fanfare. Sometimes magic is quiet and sneaks up on you.

... Don't mistake any of this for altruism...Fear and greed just doesn't work. If you want to be successful, quality and service just works better.

I want to know." His words are a whisper, barely audible. "I want to know with you.

Love is like trench warfare - you cannot see the enemy, but you know he is there and that it is wiser to keep your head down.