Australia Quotes · Page 31

I grew up watching swimming and amazing athletes in Australia and grew up wanting to do the same.

— Emma McKeon

To live in Australia permanently is rather like going to a party and dancing all night with one's mother.

— Barry Humphries

“I used the excess dirt to make a few more continents. Australia is my best work, I think," -Bunnymund”

— William Joyce

I asked many friends if Australian anti-intellectualism was still a living force and they all told me it was. If you are…

— George Mikes

When 'Bhaag Mikha Bhaag' was released, no matter where I went - Australia, England or Canada, people around the world used to…

— Milkha Singh

I packed coffee once when I lived in Australia, and I just remember going around every day with coffee up my nose…

— Hugo Weaving

When I was 23, I moved to Australia to be with this 43-year-old con artist I fell in love with.

— Natasha Leggero

It was definitely a big boost when I went into Australia. That's what really got my recognition going. I started scoring. I…

— Jessica McDonald

I have visited Australia several times, and I always try to make a point of going to Melbourne because it's almost my…

— Jackie Collins

Urban artist have to face the stigma not only from white Australia but black Australia too; that's horrific when people say that…

— Warwick Thornton

I wrote '('Til) I Kissed You' about a girl I met in Australia. Her name was Lilian, and she was very, very…

— Don Everly

I would love to step into the ring with Mercedes. I stepped into the ring with her in Australia when I was…

— Rhea Ripley

My wife and I sold our house New York and moved to Australia for a year; then we came back and spent…

— Orson Bean

People often expect that I should know a lot of things because I'm black. I don't really explain it to people, but…

— Keiynan Lonsdale

I was always nervous about coming back to Australia which was a complete hangover of the days when I left when ballet…

— Robert Helpmann

“God, there must be a meaning. Fiercely he was certain that there must be a meaning. Surely, while we live we are…

— John Hepworth

With increasing frequency and growing vehemence, you hear people saying they are ashamed to be Australians.

— Hugh Mackay

Australia's economic future depends upon getting smarter. This means investing in the skills and knowledge of our workforce.

— Bill Shorten

There's a rumor going around that I'm Miss Goody-two-shoes from Australia. Well, that's a laugh. I'm really Miss Goody-two-shoes from England!

— Olivia Newton-John

Islam cannot have a significant presence in Australia if we are to live in an open, secular, and cohesive society. We have…

— Pauline Hanson

Where I lived in Glasgow looked like Dresden after the war. It was a bomb site. I don't think I'd ever played…

— Jimmy Barnes

My father was in the navy and so while he was deployed soon after I was born we moved to Australia.

— Sean Murray

The Art of Conversation could not die in Australia; it never lived. Television did not kill it; there was nothing there to…

— George Mikes

I think the difference between America and Australia is very simple. It's 20 million people versus 350 million.

— Jim Jefferies

I want to see a connected and progressive future for Australia, where we harness our greatest natural resources: sun, wind, and brain…

— Cate Blanchett

I've been to Australia several times, and I just like the earthiness; it's part of the culture. That's a really good vibe…

— Erin Heatherton

But that's what we do in this great nation of ours, we are there to give each other a hand. That's what…

— Annastacia Palaszczuk

I really miss Australia. I miss eating fish n' chips, oh my God, and Australian pies and the wonderful corner shops.

— Luke Hemsworth

I moved from Australia to Manhattan five years ago and realized I was very well-accepted in the South Asian industry there.

— Shibani Dandekar

Every time we visit my sister Karen in New Zealand I spend the next two months Googling properties and dreaming of escaping…

— Tess Daly

Australia, to the rest of the world, is just far away, and Australia in the Thirties was the faraway of the faraway.

— Baz Luhrmann

I want to embrace all of this: touring, going to Europe, Canada, Australia. I want to travel the world, just have a…

— Meredith Brooks

England, Australia, Israel, a few staunch, important allies internationally. But we have lost a lot of international support.

— Tucker Carlson

The Raves of Thrones parties started in Australia and has since spread all over the world. However, no one does it like…

— Kristian Nairn

All I was looking for is to be successful. I had the opportunity with Australia, with what it provided for me economically.

— Frank Lowy

Australia's got some of the best girls in the world. They are very fit, very athletic and always by the beach.

— Redfoo

Didgeridoo is a name that white people gave it when they came to Australia, from the sound that it makes. Its traditional…

— Xavier Rudd

I am not biased against the rich because they are rich, but the most lively people are those without money who would…

— Errol Flynn

Oddly, I'm not a huge fan of Brisbane in Australia. I can't quite put my finger on why - it just seemed…

— Christopher Timothy

There are people all over Australia who use their homes as hubs that they travel from, and they encourage their indigenous people…

— Andrew Forrest