Paul Keating

If one takes pride in one's craft, you won't let a good thing die. Risking it through not pushing hard enough is not a humility.

When the Berlin Wall came down the Americans cried, 'Victory,' and walked off the field.

The great curse of modern political life is incrementalism.

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.

Most people have no imagination. If they could imagine the sufferings of others, they would not make them suffer so. What separated a German mother from a French mother?

I think that in any group activity - whether it be business, sports, or family - there has to be leadership or it won't be successful.