“Isn't that the great thing about Christmas? You get a lot of respite, ...” — Wayne Swan Quote

“Isn't that the great thing about Christmas? You get a lot of respite, time to recharge your batteries, time with family without too much else happening anywhere else in the world, time to focus on the people you love and the activities that you enjoy, time to exercise, to read.”

“You can't be a first-world economy in the 21st century if you haven't laid the groundwork to seize the opportunities.”

“It's often the case that great artists - people like Bruce Springsteen - tend to pick up the subterranean rumblings of profound social change long before the economic statisticians notice them. Changes start long before they become statistics.”

“I feel like I've got a pretty relatively extensive Christmas sweatshirt collection.”

“I love all things Christmas.”

“He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree.”