By 2050, the Australian population is expected to grow from 22 million to 36 million. That increase alone will put huge pressure on our towns and our cities. We will need more homes, more roads, more rail lines, more hospitals, more schools, just to accommodate so many Australians. Kevin Rudd accommodateaustraliancity share on social
As a child, I was a brat, and my parents didn't know how to control me. So they told me ghost stories, which stayed with me. I am still petrified of darkness and being alone. Bipasha Basu bratchildcontrol Change image and share on social
It's a terrible thing to be alone - yes it is - it is - but don't lower your mask until you have another mask prepared beneath - as terrible as you like - but a mask. Katherine Mansfield beneathlowmask Change image and share on social
Never trust a man, who when left alone with a tea cosey... Doesn't try it on. Billy Connolly coseyleaveman Change image and share on social
I was divorced when my children were young, so I was a single mother for a while. It's so hard to have to do every little thing yourself and be forced to navigate the rocky emotions of motherhood alone. Terri Blackstock childdivorceemotion share on social
Philosophy is best practised by people in general and not by philosophers alone. Philosophy is too often a luxury now, but in ancient Greece, carpenters, masons and beggars were the main practitioners. What I am trying to develop is a philosophical system where all the subjects can be taught. Michel Onfray ancientbeggarcarpenter share on social
On April 8, 1982, I was alone in the electron microscope room when I discovered the Icosahedral Phase that opened the field of quasi-periodic crystals. Dan Shechtman aprilcrystaldiscover Change image and share on social
I have always moved by intuition alone. I have no system, literary or political. I have no guiding political idea. V. S. Naipaul guideideaintuition Change image and share on social
It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone. Francois de La Rochefoucauld follygreatwise Change image and share on social
Disorder makes me feel at ease if I'm alone, embarrassed if I'm not. Martin Millar disordereaseembarrass Change image and share on social