Australian Quotes

267 Australian quotes by 183 unique authors

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… — 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 intelligence,… — George Mikes
Although the rudiments of snobbery are there, its finer developments are basically alien to the Australian soul - that is, if Australians have a soul;… — George Mikes
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… — George Mikes
I started off in England and very few people knew I was Australian. I mean, the clues were in the poems, but they didn't read… — Peter Porter
Generally I'm very supportive of farmers. I think the wider Australian population is also. The animal justice fund is focusing on factory-farmed animals and where… — Jan Cameron
The celebrated Aboriginal painter Albert Namatjira loved the Ghost Gums of the Northern Territory... They are evocatively Australian, their white trunks contrasting with the red… — Richard Allen
If I was whisked away... I think I could put up with anything, except not seeing the Australian landscape. It would be a torture to… — Arthur Boyd
The provincial intellectual is doomed to arguing at low level... there is still no Australian literary world, not in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide. It is some… — Clive James
The Australian form of self-respect, however rough-and-ready, heart-of-gold, come-and-take-pot-luck-with-us, and matily extrovert it is, essentially, genteel, ingrowing, self-pitying, vanilla-ice-cream hearted, its central fear a fear… — Hal Porter
Wherever you are in the world, there's always something about the Australian light. There's something about the sharpness of it, something about the clarity of… — Ken Done
The suburb was the major element of Australian society. — Robin Boyd
Yet the small house, probably more than anything else that man has done, has made the face of Australia and to an extent the faces… — Robin Boyd
Insects influenced the shape of the Australian house. Some, like the white ant and lthe Lyctus borer, worked quietly and invisibly until a little shower… — Robin Boyd
Cricket has so many meanings to so many Australians. It’s become precisely that - an Australian way of life. And what a life it is.… — Richie Benaud
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'm so used to Australian films not getting a release outside Australia. — Hugo Weaving
I still, by and large, make low-budget Australian films. — Hugo Weaving
Across the board, Australian films need to have a lot more money spent on selling them. — Hugo Weaving
I think it’s because there's quite a few of us now but because we’re less frequent than American actors - because Hollywood is the place… — Callan McAuliffe
I seem to have a soft spot in my heart for Australia and Australian actors. After having worked with one in 'Cinderella' and a multitude… — Lea Salonga
We have lost all our big Australian industries and icons, including Qantas when it sold 25 % of its shares and a controlling interest to… — Pauline Hanson
You see layers as you look down. you see clouds towering up. You see their shadows on the sunlit plains, and you see a ship's… — Joseph P. Allen
Even to this day, no native Australian animal species and only one plant species-the macadamia nut-have proved suitable for domestication. There still are no domestic… — Jared Diamond
Technology is a cross-curriculum perspective running through the new Australia curriculum, and there are a number of technology subject areas as well which include coding… — Susan Mann

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