The first film I remember seeing was Bambi. It has stayed with me because it was so sad.

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.

She's just a girl who dreams too deeply for this world.

Lately, I couldn't remember those years, as if childhood was a movie I'd only seen the previews to.

Their wedding night was at a little hotel in Paris. There were walk up steps and a lovely view. And all was well for these two.

Oh, I'm a dangerous criminal, I am,' said the dwarf cheerfully.

There's a lot of ways to be honest that don't necessarily involve absolute facts being true. I think that's something I absolutely try to do.

I sometimes wonder how some people can live with themselves in some of the big companies today. So many far-reaching decisions are based on how they will affect the next shareholders' meeting.

Stop trying to fit [Christ] into your life; instead, build your life around [Him].

I try to simplify things for the children.

If you're not satisfied with your life, it's time to invent a new one.

Pain. I seem to have an affection, a kind of sweettooth for it. Bolts of lightning, little rivulets of thunder. And I the eye of the storm.