The great thing about music is that whatever you're into, you see new possibilities.

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.

You can overcome every hurdle with positive attitude.

Everything was burning. Today it was the bodies

Old birds are hard to pluck.

Environments are the messages before the message.

Casting a film is to me one of the most important things next to the writing. If you cast it properly everything takes place very easily. If you cast it improperly you're fighting an uphill battle.

According to Buddhist psychology most of our troubles stem from attachment to things that we mistakenly see as permanent.

Respect for character is always diminished in proportion to the number among whom the blame or praise is to be divided.

To be honest, we're really nervous right now. It's our third album, so it's gotta be our best and biggest.

Some people come to Old Trafford and can't spell football, let alone understand it. They have a few drinks and a prawn sandwich but don't realise what's happening on the pitch

The problem with this world is the unequal distribution of capitalism.