Those that know the least of others think the highest of themselves.
The G7, just a European centric show, an Atlantic show, is fundamentally finished.
I think the Australian people are very conscientious. During the 1980s and 1990s we proved they will respond conscientiously to necessary reforms. They mightn't like them but they'll accept them. But reforms have to be presented in a digestible format.
Politicians come in three varieties: straight men, fixers, and maddies.
No choice we can make as a nation lies between our history and our geography. We can hardly change either of them. They are immutable. The only choice we can make as a nation is the choice about our future.
I think the rise of China is one of the great events of all economic and human history, and I think this will be overwhelmingly a positive thing for the region and the world.
In the end it's the big picture which changes nations and whatever our opponents may say, Australia's changed inexorably for good, for the better.
The wicked have told me of things that delight them, but not such things as your law has to tell.
Gospel artists have to do something that secular artists don't always have to do and that's kind of abide by and reflect a certain set of values and morals. So everything that we do, every decision that we make, every picture that we take has a different weight on it. It's always interesting in balancing being an artist but being a minister as well.
When you can't think of anything else, photograph graffiti, nudes, or plants.
Writing, printing, and the Internet give a false sense of security about the permanence of culture.