Australia Quotes · Page 23

For me, being Australian is having the opportunity to be your best. This country, this state, gives us every opportunity we could…

— Gladys Berejiklian

I've only seen pictures of New Zealand but everything I see is so pretty. Your eyes just... I don't think my eyes…

— Alana Haim

II grew up in Australia, but I'm not from there originally. Like, my dad's South American, so I know what that's like…

— Nathalie Kelley

Whether you play England, either you play West Indies or Australia, you have to take wicket if you stop any team.

— Sarfaraz Ahmed

Even when I was dating a man I always said I'd never get married until marriage equality was passed in Australia. It…

— Jessica Origliasso

When I played in the Australia team the captains were all nerds. Allan Border was a nerd, Mark Taylor was a nerd,…

— Glenn McGrath

I really want to come back! I definitely want to come back. Some of my fondest memories are in New Zealand.

— Tom Odell

I would love to take a role like Greg Chappell did for Australia. I think I have a good eye for talent…

— Viv Richards

As far as I'm concerned, any Aboriginal that gets out there and accepts money that has been put out as a package…

— Warren Mundine

There was a band in Australia named Midnight Oil, and they were a very, very political, and they literally hit you over…

— Meat Loaf

I think life is a little more basic here in Australia. There aren't so many distractions. People seem to feel they can…

— Jamey Sheridan

I wasn't aware of the impact that I had made on the lives of Aboriginal people until I did a bit of…

— Lionel Rose

“Kosykh: What the hell... is there really no one even to talk to? We might as well be living in Australia: no…

— Anton Chekhov

It's just so funny that when I was growing up, I was very much of an Australian. I just thought it was…

— Catriona Gray

I remember my first meeting with Alastair Cook clearly. The entire Lancashire side, some of them pretty mild-mannered, really laid into him.…

— James Anderson

One place that I looked at a lot from space and which looks alluring is New Zealand, especially the North Island. It's…

— Chris Hadfield

I didn't know the books and certainly didn't know the tragic origin story of Mary Poppins in 1906 Australia.

— John Lee Hancock

Australians have a free spirit and an ability to think outside the box, and that is why I like Australia so much.

— Brian Schmidt

Part of my plan was not only to introduce all useful animals that I possibly could into this part of Australia, but…

— George Grey

In Australia, they really want to turn me into a religion. A religion! Can you imagine? The Church of Edna? Oh. I…

— Barry Humphries

Each time I go away internationally or even to the mainland, I always love coming back to Tasmania.

— Saroo Brierley

Australia is my favorite place to visit. The fans are great, and the sport of bodybuilding is huge.

— Ronnie Coleman

For much of the latter part of the 20th century, Australia seemed to be opening up to something large and good. It…

— Richard Flanagan

I'd love them to have adorable little American accents, but I do want to bring my kids up in Australia; it's such…

— Margot Robbie

I think that people should come to Australia through the front door, not through the back door. If people want a migration…

— Tony Abbott

Australia has got some of the best sports people in the world, but we've also got some of the best scientists and…

— Fiona Wood

We just say things differently in Australia - like torch. I'd ask, 'Can I have the torch?' It seems to fall flat…

— Anna Torv

We lived in Miami, L.A., in Barbados, Jamaica and Hawaii. You can put them all together and they don't add up to…

— Nigel Benn

Anything to do with any new form of tax, like consumption tax in Japan, carbon tax in Australia, these are big issues…

— Najib Razak

There are many non-intellectual countries; Australia is one of the few anti-intellectual ones.

— George Mikes

Didgeridoo was something I picked up while I was on tour in Australia with Peter Gabriel in '93. I found out later…

— Paula Cole

Then I went to Australia on a student visa to figure out the next episode in my life and settle there. When…

— Harrdy Sandhu

The wickets I have played on for my whole career, most of them have been to suit fast bowlers in Australia.

— Shane Warne

I'm very much half-American - my mom is American. I grew up in Australia until I was 16, then I finished high…

— Betty Who

I don't want to be one of them old codgers, 'Oh yes, I went to Australia for the Comedy Festival once... I…

— Lee Evans

New Zealanders have conventions and pleasantries, but we are direct. We are encouraged to be transparent with our behavior and not to…

— Daniel Gillies

South Sydney is a very complicated and wonderful place. You have some of the most expensive bits of real estate in the…

— Russell Crowe

Yaron has elevated the way Australia perceives circus, both nationally and internationally ... I mean remarkable.

— Cate Blanchett

In the end, there will always be a fundamental difference of perspective between New Zealand and Australia on defense, whoever is in…

— Helen Clark

Coming from Australia and playing rugby, you just think that soccer is a bit soft, but I'll tell you what, it's not.…

— Tanc Sade