There's a sense in which politicians can never work hard enough.

I think that people should come to Australia through the front door, not through the back door. If people want a migration outcome, they should go through the migration channels.

I would not want to see any relaxation of the law prohibiting human cloning.

Abortion is the easy way out. It’s hardly surprising that people should choose the most convenient exit from awkward situations.

We accept that sometimes in difficult circumstances, difficult things happen.

Jesus knew that there was a place for everything and it’s not necessarily everyone’s place to come to Australia.

No one, however smart, however well-educated, however experienced, is the suppository of all wisdom.

We just can’t stop people from being homeless if that’s their choice.

I'm focused on doing the job the treasurer should do.I don't respond to gossip.

Aboriginal people have much to celebrate in this country's British heritage

The last thing Australia needs right now is instability and uncertainty.

The scientist is more religious than the poet because his beliefs rests in the faith of a reality that is intangible.

The moment people come to know love, they run the risk of carrying hate.

If there is such a things as "race", there is only the Human one.

If you have made mistakes even serious mistakes there is always another chance for you.

I just think women should support women.

No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell.

I have no problem getting financing. I have a problem catching ideas that I fall in love with for the next feature.

People who don't read seem to me mysterious. I don't know how they think or learn about other people. Novels are a very important part of our education.

You can't do such a lot and do it all so well and have much time left for the ordinary human feelings.

Talent you have naturally. Skill is only developed by hours and hours and hours of beating on your craft.