Politics is a profession, and a form of service, and it should draw people who are passionate and have deep experience of the complex, changing nature of the world.

E-mail importance is defined by the receiver, not the sender.

The marginal tax rate for high income earners is going up. Small businesses are no longer enjoying some of the exemption from payroll tax. Now there will be carbon taxes.

People follow those who act like leaders, not those who proclaim themselves to be leaders.

The Andrew Principle is when the incompetence of an organization exceeds the incompetence of certain individuals within that organization, thereby allowing their promotion within said organization.

I'm totally in favour of meeting our Paris commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But I don't think we should do that by making ourselves uncompetitive.

As Believers, we shine brightest in a sad and dark world; like a diamond that illuminates best when placed on black velvet.

Move around, be nomadic, make each day a new horizon.

We need to EARN the right to be leaders. It is to our peril when we are given things for which we are not qualified. For Believers, we must only engage in activities for which the Lord has called us.

Absence of failure does not constitute success.

It's never too late to try to end a conflict.

Contentment is the spirit of joyful existence.

The stiller you are the calmer life is.

Public opinion aside, it will be up to the future pope to continue John Paul II's journey to sainthood. Many of the late pope's followers believe he is already there.

Love is to be cherished because you're lucky to feel it even once in your life.

No matter what the characters you play, you have to find the differences in them, especially when you are doing a political movie.

What if the genetically superior male is actually a bit of a dickhead?

I think it makes people frustrated when they have to live their actual lives commercial free and they can't just magically wind up at the part with the happy ending.

We shall dig our own grave if we do not purge ourselves of this curse of untouchability.

The Family that prays together, stays together.

Framing the issue of work-life balance - as if the two were dramatically opposed - practically ensures work will lose out. Who would ever choose work over life?