In my view, the ideal prime minister is patient, hard-working, compassionate and has a clear vision, driven by the fair go.

My guiding principle is that prosperity can be shared. We can create wealth together. The global economy is not a zero-sum game.

I know people are looking at whats happening in Washington and then they also look at events in Europe, in Greece and Portugal and other places and worry about that.

All my life I've believed that men and women have equal capacities and talents...consequently there should be equality in life's chances.

Through hard work and education, we can deliver a strong economy and opportunity for all.

There will be no carbon tax under the government I lead.

In politics there's never a magic wand.

Our nation is well equipped to make the transition. We have an abundance of natural resources like wind, natural gas, solar and geothermal.

If you complain, you’re ‘playing the victim’; if you don’t complain, you are a victim.

Those of you who have spent time with Australians know that we are not given to overstatement. By nature we are laconic speakers and by conviction we are realistic thinkers.

I know reform is never easy. But I know reform is right.

I arrived in the USA in 2001 and by 2015 I knew through experience that I was living in a country of corporate incompetence and blatant frauds.

A novel must be judged on its merits, not on how hard the journey was to write it.

You have the right to follow your heart. Do what feels right, for you.

My father chose my name , and my last name was chosen by my ancestors . That’s enough, I myself choose my way

The amount of grace I would expect from God should be equal to the amount of grace I can gather or earn. I get out what I put in.

The Human heart is an idol factory.

Entertainment is like any other major industry; it's cold, big business. The business end wants to know one thing: Can you do the job? If you can, you're in, you're made; if you can't, you're out.

I wanted to create my own world, a world full of color, where everyone could play. One big party that never ends.

Movies have been doing so much of the same thing - in slightly different ways - for so long that few of the possibilities of this great hybrid art have yet been explored.

I'm not a body with a soul, I'm a soul that has a visible part called the body