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Australia Quotes by George Mikes
- A couple from Sydney or Melbourne might leave on the same day for their holiday: the wife might go sun-bathing at Surfers Paradise, in Queensland,…
- 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 no…
- Australians are decent people with the right instincts and they wish everybody well; but if all is not well, it is none of their business…
- There are many non-intellectual countries; Australia is one of the few anti-intellectual ones.
- 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 intelligence,…
- In the field of snobbery, Australia is an underdeveloped country; even a few British ex-colonies, regarded as under developed in all other respects, could export…
- Although the rudiments of snobbery are there, its finer developments are basically alien to the Australian soul - that is, if Australians have a soul;…
- Rich people (in Australia) have swimming pools in their gardens but, at least, they do swim in them.
- The Art of Conversation could not die in Australia; it never lived. Television did not kill it; there was nothing there to kill.
- What beefsteak is to Argentina, flamenco to Spain, cool reserve and self-control in all situations to an Englishman, what vodka is to a Russian and…
More Australia Quotes
- I suffer much less than many of my colleagues. I am perfectly able to go to Australia and film within three hours… — David Attenborough
- I love being at home, being with friends and family. I'm of European stock, brought up in Australia. I'm a passionate guy.… — Eric Bana
- I race historic muscle cars back in Australia, and that's my hobby. And I try to race home as soon as I've… — Eric Bana
- There's an expression in Australia that's called 'Go Bush,' which means to get out of the city and relax. I try and… — Cate Blanchett
- There's not a long, entrenched tradition of theatergoing in Australia. — Cate Blanchett
- If I was in a refugee camp somewhere on the Pakistani border, of course I'd want to come to Australia. — Tony Abbott
- I want to see an end to sovereign risk questions over Australia. — Tony Abbott
- Well, we know that people in Australia love the idea of both Impulse and Virgin Blue getting up and adding a bit… — Richard Branson
- There were two movies that asked me to go to Australia or New Zealand for long periods of time. One was 'Lord… — Nicolas Cage
- It's always a pleasure on a personal note for me to come back to Australia. — Nick Cave
- I'm not saying this in a condescending kind of way, but it's quite simple: The making of America was a heroic thing.… — Nick Cave
- For sheer majestic geography and sublime scale, nothing beats Alaska and the Yukon. For culture, Japan. And for all-around affection, Australia. — Sam Abell