Australian Quotes · Page 8

The Australian backyard was once built for tradesmen and outdoor toilets. As suburbs spread, it became a playground and source of pride...

— Pete Munro

Public service and respect for ideas is a recurrent theme in both the American and Australian sides of my family.

— Bill Drayton

I don't think any Australian will ever forget, there will never be a Carbon Tax under a government I lead.

— Nigel Scullion

The Australian approach to playing cricket in general is quite an aggressive one.

— Glenn McGrath

It is Australian innocence to love The naturally excessive and be proud Of a thoroughbred gelding who ran fast.

— Peter Porter

It's hard to pinpoint why all of a sudden a group of Australian films will be doing well and why they perhaps…

— Guy Pearce

The Australian cast of mind is not something I would want to be without - and I couldn't be without. It's not…

— Peter Carey

My husband is Australian, and my family is scattered around the U.K. and France mostly, but we try to get a big…

— Darcey Bussell

Eighty-two percent of Australia's bird species and two thirds of Australia's mammal species can be found on our (Australian Wildlife Conservancy) reserves.…

— Kristy Hinze

What I can't understand is why come here and try and change our country into the place that you've come from? And…

— Pauline Hanson

Accompanied by an Australian photographer named Nigel Brennan, I'd gone to Somalia to work as a freelance journalist, on a trip that…

— Amanda Lindhout

If you wish to understand me at all (and to write an autobiography is only to open a window into one's heart)…

— Nellie Melba

I'm in kind of a strange position - I have a strong Australian career and a strong British career. Then there's the…

— Caroline Goodall

Australian cattle dogs, are not like Labradors, where they just like to just sit around by the fire and get petted. They're…

— Owen Wilson

I love food, all types of food. I love Korean food, Japanese, Italian, French. In Australia, we don't have a distinctive Australian…

— Hugh Jackman

They're strange, the Aussies. Because if they like you, they say, 'Oh, he's an Aussie.' And I keep saying, 'I'm not, I'm…

— Andrew Flintoff

When was the last time you heard an insightful, inspiring piece of oratory from an Australian political leader, an appeal to what…

— Michael Short

That $27,000 that a young player will now get just for making the main draw at the Australian Open is huge. It…

— Samantha Stosur

When possums were introduced in 1837 to start a fur industry, no one predicted that these Australian neighbours would naturalize with destructive…

— Bee Dawson

People who are following their dreams inspire me. I train at this relatively new gym in West Hollywood called Training Mate. It's…

— Dayna Devon

At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilised races of man will almost certainly exterminate and replace…

— Charles Darwin

I don't really understand Darren Lehmann coming out and saying the South African crowd has been out of order. Any England player,…

— Stuart Broad

I conclude where I began, I was elected by the people of Australia to do a job. I was not elected by…

— Kevin Rudd

I've always been asked the question, "What is it with Australian men?" It's weird because most of my friends here [in the…

— Jennifer Lopez

Australian people are dope. They're so fun. They want to just have a good time, and they have a great sense of…

— Erin Heatherton

My mother's Maori, and my father's Australian. I take my strength from both my ancestors, and I'm really privileged.

— Robert Whittaker

There's a good sense of fun and lack of sarcasm in the Texans, maybe a little earnestness which is kind of why…

— Rachel Griffiths

Dotting teams up and bowling maidens back to back cannot be underestimated in Australian conditions because it gives you control of the…

— Glenn McGrath

I was the most Australian child ever in the world, even though my home was in Africa.

— Mem Fox

An Australian actor wouldn't have the experience to feel how it is to be in Australia as a European.

— Bruno Ganz

I'm in love with the city. You can impress an Australian with a city, but you can't impress them with a beach.

— Rose Byrne

I think stupid people are surprised that I'm Australian. It's a small-minded; we live in a global community, but I suppose some…

— Iggy Azalea

Being Indigenous, I feel very proud being an Australian and there are so many stories I want to tell.

— Madeleine Madden

Can you imagine what it would be like if all the Aussie film talent was able to make Australian stories?

— Yahoo Serious

I love the dressing up, I love the fashion, I think that's all part of it. Particularly Australian designers are really exciting…

— Asher Keddie

Milkbars were not only a crucial part of Australian food culture for nearly half a century, but also influenced the way many…

— Melissa Leong

I'm a very loyal, parochial Australian and I can never say we're going to lose a series.

— Glenn McGrath

I'd love to be on an Australian show and in Australian cinemas - they've really picked up their game.

— Maia Mitchell

I'd always felt the Australian cricketers' behaviour had been appalling. Tampering the ball too constitutes poor behaviour.

— Mickey Arthur

I definitely grew up on a lot of American bands. I didn't really know that there were any decent Australian bands until…

— Courtney Barnett