We are all born bonded to nature; that's why we put depictions of flowers and forests, rather than bulldozers or log piles, on our walls.

Behind every successful man there's a lot of unsuccessful years.

I am aware that one should always make room for renewal in politics. A democracy is the healthier for the turnover of the depth of talent there is in its community.

Exxon, Coca-Cola, BHP Billiton and News Corporation have much more say in organising the global agenda than the planet's 5 billion mature-age voters without a ballot box.

The future will either be green or not at all.

I didn't want to be a shock absorber; I wanted to deliver the shock.

There are better alternatives... Australia should be exporting its solar technology, not its uranium.

In securing the future of the planet, we secure happiness for ourselves. One of the aims of the Greens is to turn around the tide of pessimism amongst the young people of the world.

The Greens will continue to champion a fairer society rather than simply the economy and to champion the parliament rather than simply the stock exchange .

Globally the Greens have arisen like a spontaneous combustion, a reaction to the narrow-minded state-backed exploitation of resources and wealth for a few at the expense of the many.

The government's living in its own cloud cuckoo land and it's a cloud of greenhouse gases.

I would always rather be happy than dignified.

Grades and Marks do not reflect the intelligence of individuals. Intelligence differs person to person and cannot be measure at the same scale.

So that's the telephone? They ring, and you run.

He would have given anything for a tension-breaker-maybe, if he prayed hard enough, the school would catch on fire or something.

Vulnerability is the curse of the thinking classes.

Aside from God, you are your best helping hand. God has already blessed you with the ability to always strive and thrive. Try not to disappoint yourself.

I run into grounded people all the time. Given, most of them are behind the camera. But I definitely by no means think I'm the only one.

All a musician can do is to get closer to the source.

I've given these guys the blueprint on how to win a premiership, now I just have to be patient until they're ready.

I'm just not convinced that Jesus is going to say, "When I was hungry, you gave a check to the United Way and they fed me.