She was my accountant, so I just believed her.

It's too much to expect in an academic setting that we should all agree, but it is not too much to expect discipline and unvarying civility.

Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, There's no place like home.

The most important civil liberty... is to stay alive and to be free from violence and death.

You are not prime minister of Australia because of some kind of process of divine selection. You are prime minister of Australia through the gift of the Australian people.

I'd like to be seen as an average Australian bloke. I can't think of... I can't think of a nobler description of anybody than to be called an average Australian bloke.

People who say they're too busy to have lunch have a false impression of their own importance.

Truth is absolute, truth is supreme, truth is never disposable in national political life.

For so long as we condone injustice by a small but powerful group, we condone the destruction of all social stability, all real peace, all trust in man's good intentions toward his fellow man.

I don't think there's any reason on Earth why people should have access to automatic and semiautomatic weapons unless they're in the military or in the police.

I thank all of those who weren't born in this country for coming here and making a contribution to Australia. We are the least discriminatory country in the world, in my view.

Don't be reckless with other people's hearts. Don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.

Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.

Be careful who's advice you heed to! It is better to listen to your heart.

Carlos Tevez is so rich that when he retires he'll never have to play football again

Nature seems to look after her own only up to a certain point; beyond that they are supposed to fend for themselves.

Every man is to be had one way or another and every woman almost anyway.

Know that you are the perfect age. Each year is special and precious, for you shall only live it once. Be comfortable with growing older.

If you want to kill somebody, conquer his heart, Then leave slowly and leave them between death and madness.

Life's not about sitting at home in front of the TV waiting for your life to begin. Get out there and take some chances.

This is a very grave matter, punishable by...well, I do not exactly know what, but something rather severe, I should imagine.