We people of the Earth exist because our potential was there in the Big Bang, 13.7 billion years ago, as the universe exploded into being.

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.

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.

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.

Music washes away the dust of every day life.

Human potential is the same for all. If you have will power, then you can change anything.

Shaw, we're going to die, aren't we?" Probably. Why?" Just wanted confirmation.

My last wish is that Germany realize its entity and that an understanding be reached between East and West. I wish peace to the world.

To convey one’s mood in seventeen syllables is very diffic

Oh, I'd say I like a meal as much as anybody. But I find a certain kind of foodiness silly, gluttonous and embarrassing.

I've always just gone with the best role, and I don't care if it's in theater, film or television.

Growing up I had lots of role models. Looking back, my parents were my first role models.

Geddy once joked, 'You're the only guy I know who rehearses to rehearse!

Do not lose hope; St. Joseph also experienced moments of difficulty, but he never lost faith and was able to overcome them, in the certainty that God never abandons us.