Sydney Quotes · Page 3

I grew up in Sydney in a very political household, where we were all for the underdog.

— John Pilger

I got expelled from every school I went to in Sydney.

— Poppy Montgomery

I have made of Sydney, to which I sailed in 1965, a paradise beyond the powers of fancy.

— Howard Jacobson

When I came out of drama school, I was in a shared house in Sydney.

— Cate Blanchett

Film directors don't come to the theatre in Sydney. In London and New York, they do.

— Essie Davis

You cannot treat Sydney the same as the rest of the state.

— Gladys Berejiklian

Sydney has amazing Chinese and Thai food...may need to get rolled onto stage tonight.

— Medeski Martin And Wood

“Grant: Any other girl in the world have said yes. Sydney: I'm not any other girl.”

— Brynna Gabrielson

Los Angeles, the sun shines a lot, and it's blue, and there's palm trees; it's a bit like Sydney, I guess, but…

— Loudon Wainwright III

My first Olympics memory was watching Haile Gebrselassie in Sydney 2000. His sprint finish to defend his title really moved me.

— Mo Farah

It took Sydney Pollack a long time to get me to do Tootsie. I asked myself if I wanted to play some…

— Jessica Lange

As a result of the asthma I was sent to school in the country, and only visited Sydney for brief, violently asthmatic…

— Patrick White

I can go from one extreme to another, from playing at the Sydney Opera House on the Songbook tour to shows with…

— Chris Cornell

If 30 Australians drowned in Sydney Harbour, it would be a national tragedy. But when 30 or more refugees drown off the…

— Richard Flanagan

It was only cool to have blond hair and be a surfer chick [in Sydney]. I could learn how to surf, but…

— Natalie Imbruglia

I studied classical percussion for ten years. At one point I was thinking about going to the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, but…

— Alycia Debnam Carey

All cities have one key resource: the special abilities of the people who live in them. You just have to find out…

— Charles Landry

When I graduated from high school, I had artistic and academic scholarships, and I was trying to figure out what to do.…

— Deborah Kara Unger

I don't rehearse with my actors... the first rehearsal is the first time we turn the camera on... Sydney Pollack never rehearsed…

— Ira Sachs

Moving to Australia was not a career move, but a quality of life issue. It has no guns, no God, and no…

— Franklyn Ajaye

“Are you sure you guys will all…fit?” The looks on his brothers’ faces had Orion almost laughing loudly, but he held himself…

— R.E. Butler

Los Angeles and Sydney are very similar, but I definitely enjoy more fresh seafood when I'm back in Australia, as there is…

— Phoebe Tonkin

Sydney is rather like an arrogant lover. When it rains it can deny you its love and you can find it hard…

— Baz Luhrmann

Western countries are thoroughly accustomed to being the centre of global attention, which they have come to regard as their natural birthright.…

— Martin Jacques

I went to five Olympic Games and my favorite is Sydney.

— Abhinav Bindra

I barely ever watch TV, but when I do, I usually only watch MTV shows, like 'The Real World Sydney.'

— Ryan Sheckler

I've been to Villawood Detention Centre in Sydney and it's all barbed wire, it's like a big jail.

— Anh Do

There's a line of dancers waiting to get into Sydney Dance Company.

— Graeme Murphy

I have thought about dropping an atomic bomb on Sydney but I wouldn't gain anything from it.

— Damir Dokic

I wanted to have the opportunity to travel to Vietnam and Sydney, and have the chance to work there.

— Brendan Fraser

Fifty years ago people were talking about Sydney's sprawl, but nobody does anything about it.

— Harry Seidler

Oh my God, building in Sydney has been extremely testing.

— Guy Sebastian

“Oh my God, I thought. I’m rooming with the Sydney Sage of re-education.”

— Richelle Mead

Melbourne is my type of city, much more so than Sydney.

— Morris Gleitzman

Actually, Sydney is my second favourite city on earth, I love Sydney, but this is the greatest.

— Jeffrey Archer

Farming implements are as cheap in Sydney as in England.

— Charles Sturt

Part of my childhood was spent in Sydney and part in rural New South Wales, at Armidale.

— John Cornforth

I was a civil engineer in Sydney, I liked to re-do old houses.

— Bob Christo

I think the thing that L.A. had on Sydney is an awesome music scene, especially for what I do.

— Flume

Sydney Poitier, who said to Lester Maddox, Guess who's not coming to dinner? Never got a dinner!

— Red Buttons