Australia Quotes · Page 35

There's very little bohemia in Australia and it's one of the things I miss most about not living in Europe.

— Rachel Ward

I've got Aussie country pride for sure. I just like where I grew up. I think you've got lots in common with…

— Travis Fimmel

It so happened that I was on a German sailing vessel on the way to Australia when the ship was captured, and…

— Fritz Sauckel

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

— Gladys Berejiklian

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 consider myself British and have very happy memories of the UK. I spent the first 14 years of my life in…

— Naomi Watts

I help out at Tall Trees, which my aunt set up on the Central Coast. It's where intellectually impaired young people can…

— Jessica McNamee

I'm from Canada, and New Zealand feels like you took all the best bits of Canada and squished them onto a tiny…

— Evangeline Lilly

My first heartbreak was extreme. I went to Australia for 10 months when I was at school and told the girl I…

— Greg Wise

I actually did my research and tried to get kind of like a working visa for Australia. It always seemed like it…

— Rick Nielsen

The Open Skies issue is something that's ongoing and we understand that there are issues in Australia that need to be sorted…

— Jenny Shipley

If you think back to the days of Phil Anderson, when there were very few Australians to now when you have a…

— Eddy Merckx

“Rabaul was a catastrophe entirely of Australia's own making. There were no extenuating circumstances in the form of foreign commands softening the…

— Michael Veitch

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

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

— George Grey

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

In Western Australia they don't even know how to make that vital piece of sailboating equipment, the gin and tonic.

— P. J. O'Rourke

I've performed pretty well in the games I've captained Australia in and hopefully I can keep it up.

— Steve Smith

“doing something for yourself for once. Anyway, being in New Zealand in summer sure sounds more appealing than staying here and watching…

— Rosalind James

My dad has spent 20 years of his life working in child protection and writing policy for organisations across Australia in order…

— Luke Hemsworth

The US and Australia have a lot in common. One of the things we have in common is we produce a lot…

— Barack Obama

I came up in Australia and I was really lucky that straight out of school I was hired in a play. It…

— Ashley Zukerman

Since 1955, the U.K. has been part of an intelligence-sharing arrangement with the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Intelligence-sharing is, in…

— Dominic Grieve

I've seen it [Australia] go from a lot of small towns to big towns, but I think it has found its identity…

— Suzi Quatro

I don't despair about the cultural scene in Australia because there isn't one to despair about.

— Robert Helpmann

Australia is a nation of compassion. Courage and compassion. And the third of these great values: resilience.

— Kevin Rudd

Contemporary bands often will do tour-only releases pressed and sold only in Australia. Crikey!

— Henry Rollins

You don't need jails, you get put a thousand miles into the middle of Australia, you can go wherever you want, go…

— Gene Simmons

New Zealand is a country of thirty thousand million sheep, three million of whom think they are human.

— Barry Humphries

Having grown up far, far away in a small country town in Australia, I was only slightly aware of hip-hop.

— Baz Luhrmann

Operation Sovereign Borders has been one of Australia's greatest national security policy successes.

— Scott Morrison

I'm an only child, and I'm very, very close with my parents, who actually live in Australia.

— Catriona Gray

Growing up in Australia, we didn't really go on holiday. We lived beside the beach, so when I walked out of the…

— John Torode

When youre asked/told to come to Canberra by your Prime Minister, in the country I grow up in, you obey that.

— Andrew Forrest

“They named me Kristin after some whale scientist in Australia, worked on the original translation team.”

— Richard K. Morgan