Australian Quotes · Page 4

The only time an Australian ever walks is when his car runs out of petrol.

— Barry Richards

I used to have an Australian accent for school and an Irish accent for home.

— Genevieve O'Reilly

My God, I wish we had [the] 9th Australian Division with us this morning.

— Freddie de Guingand

It's rare that there's a role that requires an Australian accent.

— Heath Ledger

It's what I always wanted to do, play in the Australian side as a batsman.

— Steve Smith

I'm a proud Australian, a very, very proud Australian.

— Steve Irwin

I still, by and large, make low-budget Australian films.

— Hugo Weaving

My dad served in the Australian Navy until I was a toddler.

— Brianna Keilar

It's an Australian thing to be dismissive. We find that endearing. Americans don't. They believe what you say.

— Nick Cave

If you're not ready then you can play bad, and you only have one shot at the Australian Open each year, so…

— Bernard Tomic

When Im older, I would love to write and direct something and work with Australian people.

— Madeleine Madden

How is it having more control if there is double the immigration as there would be under an Australian style points system?

— Sadiq Khan

I'm not too fond of the typical Australian activities or culture. I'm not into surfing.

— Jens Lekman

I can always spot an Australian queen by her high, high end wig. Australian drag queens have the best hair in the…

— Conchita Wurst

I'm black. I'm Latina. My mom is Cuban. Afro-Cuban. My dad is white and Australian.

— Soledad O'Brien

If I am wrong and you are right then the democratic process of the Australian community will vindicate you and condemn me.

— John Howard

No diplomatic intervention will ever be made by any government that I lead in support of any individual terrorist's life. We have…

— Kevin Rudd

I think everyone's had a brother or a father or a cousin, uncle or grandfather who's had health issues because they've neglected…

— James Magnussen

The Australian way of affirmative action is setting goals and recognising discrimination and lack of opportunity and deciding to take action and…

— Quentin Bryce

The scariness of manhood to males may be symbolically seen in the many stories of indigenous Australian boys who ran away and…

— Michael Leunig

Well Australia's been in Afghanistan from the get go, way back in 2001, but we have been resolute throughout and with support…

— Kevin Rudd

If the Fed ceases hiking, against the backdrop of still rising commodity prices, then the Australian dollar will have few reasons for…

— Craig Ferguson

Being Australian, I sometimes feel I'll never walk into a dressing room and get that instant credibility because of where I'm from.…

— Angelos Postecoglou

I think some of my favorite Australian films were shot by people that are not Australian. And I think when Dean Semler…

— Ben Mendelsohn

And there are also languages that divide nouns into much more specific genders. The African language Supyire from Mali has five genders:…

— Guy Deutscher

That was an extremely unhelpful thing for Bill Shorten to say because those of us - and as the Attorney-General I've been…

— George Brandis

It has been a whirlwind really, it all happened so quickly! I auditioned for Australian Idol for the 3rd time... to see…

— Kate DeAraugo

I think there is a kind of laconic Australian leg-pulling sense of humor that is certainly in some of my stories, or…

— Garth Nix

Modern novels have become part of the do-it-yourself business, and they come in a very small number of standard kits. (...) In…

— David Pryce-Jones

As they were leading me up, I looked up and around the galleries and I could feel the whole Aboriginal race, of…

— Neville Bonner

Let's be frank: if there are hardened terrorists [Australian] who are fighting overseas, we don't want to see those people come back…

— George Brandis

If I were asked about what to do about the level of insecurity and anxiety in contemporary Australian society, I wouldn't start…

— Hugh Mackay

I try to use the Australian idiom to its maximum advantage.

— Paul Keating

I'm Australian. I'm assimilated. I was born here - how ocker do I have to be?

— Pearl Tan

I'm so used to Australian films not getting a release outside Australia.

— Hugo Weaving

My father is Indonesian Timorese, my mother Aboriginal Australian.

— Jessica Mauboy

To me, anyone with an Australian accent wielding a tennis racket is cool.

— Adrian Smith

No Australian of any faith should be fired for practising their religion.

— Israel Folau

I don't think of myself as being colored but of being Australian.

— Evonne Goolagong Cawley

QVB have a long history of supporting Australian talent.

— Miranda Otto