Australia Quote by 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…

— George Mikes

Well, it's a - I don't want to disappoint you, but it's a time worn tradition of Australian Governments over many years not to…

— Alexander Downer

The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that…

— Isaac Asimov

Australia's is a special kind of philistinism, an immovable materialism which puts art and ideas of any kind deliberately and firmly to one side…

— Robin Boyd

“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread…

— Thomas M. Nichols

To be intellectual does not require one to be alienated and oppositional.

— Nancy Pearcey

Americans are genuinely and profoundly anti-intellectual. They are especially so in their pleasure-seeking, which is epically banal.

— Jesse Ball

The intellectual activity of those without power is always characterized as non-intellectual.

— Paulo Freire

“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that…

— Isaac Asimov

Australians are geniuses with a good sense of humour.

— Fred Schneider

Every country is like a particular type of person. America is like a belligerent, adolescent boy, Canada is like an intelligent, 35 year old…

— Douglas Adams

I feel really qualified to write about Australia.

— Chris Lilley