“When one has been touched by the stellar power and ethereal playing of...” — Paul Keating Quote

“When one has been touched by the stellar power and ethereal playing of a sublime musician, one is lifted, if only briefly, to a place beyond the realm of the temporal.”

“Russia alone has the capacity to obliterate the United States.”

“My claim has always been that defeatism pervaded the conservative parties in the 1930s and that it was the defining characteristic of Menzies and his first period as prime minister.”

“Very quickly, without really looking back or trying, I was just suddenly lifted into another sphere.”

“I don't like to beat people down. They need to be lifted up.”

“I've never lifted a single weight in my life.”