--- title: "4 Australian Quotes By George Mikes" description: "4 Australian quotes by George Mikes. Plus more from George Mikes and more Australian sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b09/george-mikes-4493_above-average_i-asked-many-friends-if-australian-anti_148239.png" --- > [I asked many friends if Australian anti-intellectualism was still a living force and they all told me it was. If you are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mikes/i-asked-many-friends-if-australian-anti-intellectualism-was-still-a/) [George Mikes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mikes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b09/george-mikes-4493_above-average_i-asked-many-friends-if-australian-anti_148239.png) > [Australia objects to the mini-skirt not on moral but on economic grounds. Australians are no prudes and the lovely, healthy, sporty Australian…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mikes/australia-objects-to-the-mini-skirt-not-on-moral-but-on-economic/) [George Mikes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mikes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/232/george-mikes-4493_australia_australia-objects-to-the-mini-skirt-not_406733.png) > [What beefsteak is to Argentina, flamenco to Spain, cool reserve and self-control in all situations to an Englishman, what vodka is to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mikes/what-beefsteak-is-to-argentina-flamenco-to-spain-cool-reserve-and/) [George Mikes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mikes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78c/george-mikes-4493_argentina_what-beefsteak-is-to-argentina-flamenco_941318.png) > [Although the rudiments of snobbery are there, its finer developments are basically alien to the Australian soul - that is, if Australians…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mikes/although-the-rudiments-of-snobbery-are-there-its-finer-developments/) [George Mikes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mikes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/282/george-mikes-4493_aliens_although-the-rudiments-of-snobbery-are-t_3033269.jpg) ## Other authors on Australian - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-kevin-rudd-56900.jpg) Kevin Rudd 16 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/australian/kevin-rudd/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-howard-51634.jpg) John Howard 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/australian/john-howard/) - [Paul Keating 9 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/australian/paul-keating/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bob-hawke-18593.jpg) Bob Hawke 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/australian/bob-hawke/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-yahoo-serious-96545.jpg) Yahoo Serious 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/australian/yahoo-serious/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-tony-abbott-91755.jpg) Tony Abbott 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/australian/tony-abbott/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-nick-cave-71106.jpg) Nick Cave 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/australian/nick-cave/) - [George Brandis 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/australian/george-brandis/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-glenn-mcgrath-38826.jpg) Glenn McGrath 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/australian/glenn-mcgrath/) - [Angelos Postecoglou 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/australian/angelos-postecoglou/) ## More by George Mikes > [THE British are brave people. They can face anything, except reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mikes/the-british-are-brave-people-they-can-face-anything-except-reality/) [George Mikes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mikes/) > [The British suffer from a most unfortunate superiority complex - unjustified even under Victoria and most certainly hopelessly out-of-date today.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mikes/the-british-suffer-from-a-most-unfortunate-superiority-complex/) [George Mikes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mikes/) > [Remember that those five hundred words an average Englishman uses are far from being the whole vocabulary of the language. You may learn another…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mikes/remember-that-those-five-hundred-words-an-average-englishman-uses-are/) [George Mikes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mikes/) > [English humor resembles the Loch Ness Monster in that both are famous but there is a strong suspicion that neither exists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mikes/english-humor-resembles-the-loch-ness-monster-in-that-both-are-famous/) [George Mikes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mikes/) > [“Before you are admitted to British citizenship you are not even considered a natural human being. I looked up the word natural (na’tural) in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mikes/before-you-are-admitted-to-british-citizenship-you-are-not-even/) [George Mikes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mikes/) > [“In the last century, when a wicked and unworthy subject annoyed the Sultan of Turkey or the Czar of Russia, he had his head…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mikes/in-the-last-century-when-a-wicked-and-unworthy-subject-annoyed-the/) [George Mikes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mikes/) > [“While all this goes on, the English remain staunch believers in equality. Equality is a notion the English have given to humanity. Equality means…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mikes/while-all-this-goes-on-the-english-remain-staunch-believers-in/) [George Mikes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mikes/) > [I asked many friends if Australian anti-intellectualism was still a living force and they all told me it was. If you are above average…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mikes/i-asked-many-friends-if-australian-anti-intellectualism-was-still-a/) [George Mikes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mikes/) > [Once you start buying first aid kits you start having accidents.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mikes/once-you-start-buying-first-aid-kits-you-start-having-accidents/) [George Mikes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mikes/) > [“Mr S. got angry. ‘Yes, I do have a son. He’s a good-for-nothing. A dead loss.’ I couldn’t ask which prison he was in,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mikes/mr-s-got-angry-yes-i-do-have-a-son-he-s-a-good-for-nothing-a-dead/) [George Mikes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mikes/) > [“I have been told that my above-described theory is all wrong and is only due to my Central European conceit, because the English do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mikes/i-have-been-told-that-my-above-described-theory-is-all-wrong-and-is/) [George Mikes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mikes/) > [Rich people (in Australia) have swimming pools in their gardens but, at least, they do swim in them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mikes/rich-people-in-australia-have-swimming-pools-in-their-gardens-but-at/) [George Mikes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mikes/) > [“An average English house combines all the curses of civilisation with the vicissitudes of life in the open. It is all right to have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mikes/an-average-english-house-combines-all-the-curses-of-civilisation-with/) [George Mikes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mikes/) > [Australia objects to the mini-skirt not on moral but on economic grounds. Australians are no prudes and the lovely, healthy, sporty Australian girls have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mikes/australia-objects-to-the-mini-skirt-not-on-moral-but-on-economic/) [George Mikes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mikes/) > [The Art of Conversation could not die in Australia; it never lived. Television did not kill it; there was nothing there to kill.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mikes/the-art-of-conversation-could-not-die-in-australia-it-never-lived/) [George Mikes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mikes/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/australian/george-mikes/#itemlist", "name": "4 Australian Quotes By George Mikes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I asked many friends if Australian anti-intellectualism was still a living force and they all told me it was. 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