Best 57 quotes in «australian quotes» category

Australian weather's amazing! You notice that when you go overseas.

By 1990, no Australian child will be living in poverty.

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. Some would even go as far as to say, ‘marvellous’.

How is it having more control if there is double the immigration as there would be under an Australian style points system?

I definitely grew up on a lot of American bands. I didn't really know that there were any decent Australian bands until I was around 20.

Each Australian is a Ulysses.

I feel like I've been marinated in Australian theatre.

I'd won the Australian Open twice, but winning Wimbledon takes something special.

I had a vocal coach. It's a sad thing, but I had to hire someone so that I could get my Australian accent back.

I have won the Australian, I won the British, all PGA championships, but I haven't won the PGA championship.

I'm not too fond of the typical Australian activities or culture. I'm not into surfing.

I'm Australian. I'm assimilated. I was born here - how ocker do I have to be?

I'm in love with the city. You can impress an Australian with a city, but you can't impress them with a beach.

I stress the uniqueness of the Australian landscape and its metaphysical and mythic content.

In primary school, I was bored witless by Australian history.

I support all Australian films.

It's an Australian thing to be dismissive. We find that endearing. Americans don't. They believe what you say.

I also love Australian movies. I love Muriel's Wedding - I've seen in six times. Baz Luhrmann's best movie is strictly ballroom... without question.

The only time an Australian ever walks is when his car runs out of petrol.

It's unfortunate, I've been the victim of some Australian press.

The Australian economy is resilient, but business and consumer confidence is fragile.

The Australian tour was good for us; it was ideal preparation for us.

Kylie Minogue is the greatest thing that has happened to Australian music.

People often presume I'm from whatever country they're from. So Americans presume I'm American and the British presume I'm British. And they're surprised to discover I actually am Australian. And actually some Australians are surprised too.

The Australian people expect the Government to govern, they don't expect it to make excuses.

What's the point of being an Australian guy traveling through India if you are going to go to India to meet other Australians?

There is something about the Australian psyche that seems to like films that are slightly offbeat.

There's a sense of humor within the Australian culture that prevails when one is in a rather difficult situation.

The suburb was the major element of Australian society.

You know, I'm Australian, and we have got the worst sense of humor. We are cruel to each other.

You see someone on the street wearing an outfit and then it's on the cover of a magazine. I love. But, you know, I'm Australian, so I'm not too flashy or glitzy.

As we'd say Down Under, there's no point pushing shit uphill with a rubber fork on a hot day." "Are these real Australian sayings or do you come up with this stuff yourself?" I said. "It's genetic," Muz said, grinning."We're born with it already in our blood.

All the best! You are a local legend in a Brisbane and Australia...you probably don't realise just how much...you will get released from that hell hole...you will come home...and discover your 'celebrity status'...which you will probably find nearly as hard to cope with...a different version of hell...anonymity to global fame...what a remarkable journey your life is. Keep safe...head down...this will pass.

Daily we make decisions, sometimes small, sometimes large, that affect our lives. Usually we know the events and people that influence these decisions. However sometimes we have no knowledge, and may never know, of the events and people that change the course of our lives.

(backpacker having conversation with Lizzie the Australian main character) Backpacker: 'What's the drinking age in Australia?' 'eighteen' 'is that enforced' Lizzie thought for a second before answering seriously, 'yes, they make us drink

I always enjoy French, yet Australian are so fresh, but if you talk about white I prefer German. THAT'S right! Oh, they are all so Divine... A love that's more like libertine. And all that is my taste for wine.

For fourteen years Wiliam Walker alias Brown alias Shields alias Swallow alias Waldon alias Todd alias Watson had been a major irritant to British authorities on both sides of the world. To the London police he was an accomplished thief. To the colonial government in Van Diemen's Land, he was a clever and determined escaper; he had stolen one of its vessels and caused much embarrassment by making it back to England not once but twice, one of only a handful of runaways to do so. To these skills of theft and evasion must be added outstanding seamanship, a glib tongue, extraordinary resourcefulness and a capacity for leadership. Among his more admirable attributes his loyalty to his family should also not be forgotten. To the convicts of Macquarie Harbour and Port Arthur he was a living legend, tangible proof that escape from the island prison was possible. By any standards, he was a remarkable man...

Hush now, ‘tis time to sleep and dream secrets of long ago.

It was too late for the truth – and too soon.

If he had given away anything else, he would have been charged with indecent exposure.

If you have come to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us walk together...

I love a sunburnt country, A land of sweeping plains, Of ragged mountain ranges, Of droughts and flooding rains. I love her far horizons, I love her jewel-sea, Her beauty and her terror – The wide brown land for me!

Rick and Scotty, who had heard Australian slang before from Digger Sears, one-time mate of the Tarpon, broke into chuckles. "I'd better translate," Scotty said, "'Lord stone the crows' is just an expression. Oscar Ashe is hard cash. Yakka is hard work. And dinkum oil is gospel truth.

Look at the truth from how it stands, not where it comes from. The truth is still the truth no matter whether it is spoken by an Indian, an American, a Chinese, an European, an African or an Australian!

Melons. The girls. Gazongas. I could rattle off every nickname in the world for my boobs – oops nearly forgot jubblies – but it didn’t change the fact they were small.

...stories want to be told. Stories have a power of their own ... you can't write a story until you've felt it. Breathed it in. Walked with your characters. Talked with them.

Should I talk to her friends?’ he asked softly, because he had to say something to take his mind away from the feel of her body against his and the rising desire to kiss her. ‘No, don’t,’ she turned her head and her mouth was suddenly tantalisingly close, lips moist and inviting. ‘Jax,’ he murmured. He smoothed hair from her brow. Her eyes met his, wide and surprised. She straightened, moved and his hand slipped from her shoulders. Mistake. Don’t make it again. She didn’t want more than comfort from him. Friends was as far they would go.

Then the wind died down and the air grew warm and the flies awoke and started to drone, and they were a constant background hum, like ocean waves, rushing and ebbing and flowing, loud enough to hear through closed windows, and in great numbers, floods of flies, a communal purr, never just a single buzz.

The analysis provides a clear difference between the age and gender of Japanese students in Australia. The difficult management question is “what do these numbers mean”?

There are many things in my life I want to forget. But this I intend to remember.