Australia Quotes - page 2

Australia integrated the - brought on the ships and unleashed in the society the dogs of sectarianism, which had existed in other places - in Glasgow, in Liverpool and of course in Ireland, north and south. (Thomas Keneally)
In a way Australia is like Catholicism. The company is sometimes questionable and the landscape is grotesque. But you always come back. View quote
Thomas Keneally
And I liked pluralist Australia. I got a taste for pluralist Australia. I like, I like Australians and I can't believe that they're going to go to hell because they tell a good dirty joke, you know. View quote
Thomas Keneally
It's true: one of the things that I've always thought about American society is that you never get the sort of natural politicisation of class consciousness that you would get in the United Kingdom or even in Australia. View quote
Peter Carey
The idea of defending, as integral parts of our Empire, countries 10,000 miles off, like Australia, which neither pay a shilling to our revenue...nor afford us any exclusive trade...is about as quixotic a specimen of national folly as was ever exhibited. View quote
Richard Cobden
In the nineteenth century some parts of the world were unexplored, but there was almost no restriction on travel.:; Up to 1914 you did not need a passport for any country except Russia.:; The European emigrant, if he could scrape together a few pounds for the passage, simply set sail for America or Australia, and when he got there no questions were asked.:; In the eighteenth century it had been quite normal and safe to travel in a country with which your own country was at war. View quote
George Orwell
Jesus knew that there was a place for everything and it's not necessarily everyone's place to come to Australia. View quote
Tony Abbott
What the housewives of Australia need to understand as they do the ironing is that if they get it done commercially it's going to go up in price and their own power bills when they switch the iron on are going to go up. View quote
Tony Abbott
If politicians continue to promote separatism in Australia, they should not continue to hold their seats in this parliament. They are not truly representing all Australians, and I call on the people to throw them out. View quote
Pauline Hanson
There is much in American society which I admire, but I have long held the view that the absence of an effective safety net in that country means that too many needy citizens fall by the wayside. That is not the path that Australia will tread. Nor do we want the burdens of nanny state paternalism that now weigh down many economies in Europe. View quote
John Howard
In Western Australia they don't even know how to make that vital piece of sailing-boat equipment, the gin and tonic. (P. J. O'Rourke)
I love food, all types of food. I love Korean food, Japanese, Italian, French. In Australia, we don't have a distinctive Australian food, so we have food from everywhere all around the world. We're very multicultural, so we grew up with lots of different types of food. View quote
Hugh Jackman
I'm a big goofball, you know. Don't tell anyone that, but I'm a big goofball. In Australia we call it a dag. View quote
Hugh Jackman
Americans are the most generous country on the planet. I've worked in Europe, I've worked in Australia. There is no where else where you get absolutely no attitude for being a foreigner. If you do your job well, they embrace you. View quote
Hugh Jackman
Leaving Australia was the hardest thing I have ever done. View quote
Barry Gibb
You can be tops in Australia and be unheard of everywhere else. View quote
Barry Gibb
During my youth, the idea of moving from Lebanon was unthinkable. Then I began to realise I might have to go, like my grandfather, uncles and others who left for America, Egypt, Australia, Cuba. View quote
Amin Maalouf
I love being at home, being with friends and family. I'm of European stock, brought up in Australia. I'm a passionate guy. I just love life. View quote
Eric Bana
When I went to Australia, I went shark diving. It was crazy. It was called 'extreme' shark diving because even though we were in cages, we literally could touch the sharks swimming by. They were huge and I'm terrified of sharks. Then I went to a wildlife park and held kangaroos. That was nice. View quote
Taylor Lautner
Of course we have Queen Elizabeth as head of state, but in many ways we are a kind of republic. We don't have royals in Australia, so it was kind of unusual to run into those kind of people. But aside from that it was quite ordinary. View quote
Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark
I had a career for 25 years in Australia before I ever came to the United States. (Helen Reddy)
I'd actually rather have a talk show in Australia than even America; I hope I do end up with a talk show. View quote
Sophie Monk
Australia is about as far away as you can get. I like that. View quote
Andre Benjamin
Going home to Australia, it's good to get home, but it's kind of bad too because you get used to that way of life again and you have to come back to America. View quote
Andrew Bogut
Australia has always encouraged the little bloke to have a go, the Aussie battler to get up. View quote
Andrew Forrest