The passage of time is likely to make high-speed rail more and more desirable, making it critical that politicians of today think ahead to tomorrow.

It is in the national interest to have the Flying Kangaroo. It's in the interests of our tourism industry. It's in the interests of jobs here in Australia.

I like fighting Tories... that's what I do.

Politicians who lack the vision to lead the community on big issues like public transport often hide their inaction by blaming other levels of government when anyone complains.

Despite the enormous role that local government plays in our daily lives, the constitution makes not one mention of it.

You can guarantee that mining uranium will lead to nuclear waste. You can't guarantee that uranium mining will not lead to nuclear weapons.

Less cars on the road means productivity and jobs growth, as it allows for the more efficient movement of goods and services and encourages greater urban population density.

High-speed rail would revolutionise interstate travel and would also be an economic game-changer for dozens of regional communities along its path.

Without a good plan, you might fall short of reaching your dreams and goals.

God is day and night, winter and summer, war and peace, surfeit and hunger.

As long as I am alive, I am fully committed to amity between Tibetans and Chinese. Otherwise there's no use.

I learned five chords; I thought I knew it all.

Grief, I swear to God, doesn't live in the heart. It lives in the senses. And sometimes, all I want to do is cut off my nose so I can't smell her, hack my fingers off at the joint.

When I was 18, I'd be out four nights a week - I want to have that energy again but I've found I'm a bit old and ready for retirement.

Realism: the wealth of detail guarantees the truth of the tale.

It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can be successful without being envied and hated.]

I have lost a brother and a best friend. The world has lost one of the greatest actors of all time.

Make me a willow cabin at your gate, And call upon my soul within the house; Write loyal cantons of contemned love And sing them loud even in the dead of night.