In the end it's the big picture which changes nations and whatever our opponents may say, Australia's changed inexorably for good, for the better.

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.

There is light within your soul. Let it shine.

My love, lie down beside me.Let us gaze at the stars above.Wonder with meAt how we came to be.Hold me now and for all eternity

I don't really think of my blog as a real blog. It's a lame blog. It's more like my when-the-mood-strikes update, or smoke signal.

We should not allow a tiny minority of shoddy scientists and science and extreme ideologues to compete with scientific facts.

Getting to St. Mary's College was a big deal for me because that essentially led to me getting to go to NYU.

Thou art a cat, and a rat, and a coward.

[My art is] capable of liberating man from the tyranny of the 'practical, rational world.'

Someday, someday, but certainly not now, I'd like to learn how to have a conversation.

I couldnt imagine my life being any more successful than it is now.

I want a busy life, a just mind, and a timely death.