When politicians offer you something for nothing, or something that sounds too good to be true, it's always worth taking a careful second look.

Anyone who thinks it's smart to cut immigration is sentencing Australia to poverty.

All Australians understand that high-quality, reliable and affordable broadband is a critical part of the infrastructure our nation needs to prosper in coming years.

I believe that politicians should speak the truth all the time. Invariably there will be occasions when you make statements that are factually incorrect due to an error.

We learn from every natural disaster. Whether it's a fire or a flood, we learn something from it so we can respond to the next one better.

I don't find myself in moral turmoil. I'm not given to turmoil of any kind.

It is unmanly. It is not some expression of macho virtue. It is the absolute antithesis of this. Real men don't bully women and children. Respect for women ... is so important.

Everything we do as a government is focused on getting help and support for hard-working Australian families. We are standing up for them.

There is a tendency to try to dumb everything down and turn everything into a one-paragraph press release or even less, just a slogan.

Americans understand that they have no stronger ally, no better friend, than Australia.

This is a very tough business, politics. It's easy to get resentful or full of bitterness ... (but) I think hatred hurts the hater more than the hated. So I'm looking back on my time positively.

Christian - One who follows the teachings of Christ insofar as they are not inconsistent with a life of sin.

Our officers and men behaved like men who are determined to be free.

Bosses push, Leaders pull. Real leadership is servant leadership.

Love is the most powerful energy there is.

I was still making movies so it wasn't as if I were working in a bar, but they were independent films that couldn't find distributors.

Why are there no "during" pictures?

Movies, over time, as they do or don't find their audience, or they find a different audience, they change in your memory and in the eyes of those who see it.

My view is that Washington and the regulators are there to serve the banks.

Some folks get nauseous, have body cramping -- they will get lightheaded and get a sense of fatigue.