“The pursuit of eternity is no longer the prerogative of the gods - it is the business of us all, here and now.” Quote by Bob Brown
“There's a presumption that somehow you calculate beforehand whether something is going to be good politically or not. I simply don't.” Be GoodPresumption Author:Bob Brown
“We people of the Earth exist because our potential was there in the Big Bang, 13.7 billion years ago, as the universe exploded into being.” PeopleYearsBigsEarthUniverseYears AgoBillionsBangs Author:Bob Brown
“Every time I get a bit worried about having made some second rate choices in life I go back and read about the Suffragettes or William Wilberforce, people who were "wrong" in their own time and think, ah well.” PeopleThinkingWellsMadeChoicesBitsRateWorriedLife ChoicesSecond RateSuffragettesWilberforce Author:Bob Brown
“Exxon, Coca-Cola, BHP Billiton and News Corporation have much more say in organising the global agenda than the planet's 5 billion mature-age voters without a ballot box.” AgePlanetsNewsBoxesBillionsCorporationsAgendasMatureVotersBallotsCoca Cola Author:Bob Brown
“Globally the Greens have arisen like a spontaneous combustion, a reaction to the narrow-minded state-backed exploitation of resources and wealth for a few at the expense of the many.” StatesWealthResourcesReactionsExpensesExploitationSpontaneousNarrow-mindedCombustionSpontaneous Combustion Author:Bob Brown
“I am aware that one should always make room for renewal in politics. A democracy is the healthier for the turnover of the depth of talent there is in its community.” ShouldCommunityRoomsDemocracyTalentDepthRenewalTurnover Author:Bob Brown
“I am not a conventionally religious man, but in the wilderness I have come closest to finding myself and knowing the universe and accepting God - by which I mean accepting all that I don't know.” KnowsMenMeanUniverseReligiousAcceptingKnowingFindingsWildernessClosestFinding MyselfAccepting God Author:Bob Brown
“I have seen such an immense change from the total repression and criminality of homosexuality in my lifetime. It does make me much more buoyant and optimistic about the future. If that change can occur in that time there's hope for many other changes.” IfsDoeLifetimeOptimisticImmenseHomosexualityRepressionCriminality Author:Bob Brown
“If you approach an opera as though it were something that always went a certain way, that's what you get. I approach an opera as though I didn't know it.” IfsKnowsWayCertainApproachOpera Author:Sarah Caldwell
“Music - opera particularly - is a process which is endurable or successful only if it is achieved by people who love to collaborate.” PeopleIfsProcessSuccessfulOpera Author:Sarah Caldwell