I never think about my best interests. I think about what's the right thing to do in a situation.

People, regardless of political views, matter in this state and in this country and in this world. And, you know, when people attack people's basic rights and livelihoods, I'm concerned about it. And as a citizen of Queensland and nothing else, I've got the right to express my view.

I think the money that I've got is a consequence of the activities I've been doing and the interests that I've had in my life. I've never set out to make a lot of money.

I realised that in a lot of failures, there is a lot of opportunities.

I love pensioners. My closest relations are pensioners.

I never think about my best interests. I think about what's the right thing to do in a situation.

Do you really believe that in the late 1800s Paddy Hannan would have walked 600 miles in the hot sun from Perth to Kalgoorlie to discover gold if he had to pay the Wayne Swan resource super tax?