Australia Quotes
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Australia lives with a strange contradiction - our national image of ourselves is one of the Outback, and yet nearly all us live in big cities. Move outside the coastal fringe, and Australia can feel like a foreign country.
Kate Grenville -
I only get to spend about six to eight weeks in Australia now and I really miss my family and friends.
Karrie Webb
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There's very little bohemia in Australia and it's one of the things I miss most about not living in Europe.
Rachel Ward -
It feels really good to give back. I'm opening the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness Centre in Australia.
Olivia Newton-John -
Australia, to the rest of the world, is just far away, and Australia in the Thirties was the faraway of the faraway.
Baz Luhrmann -
Ironically, I find it harder to get a foothold in Australia than I do in the U.S. When I was in Australia, I struggled. It can be a bit of a closed shop; it can be hard for a newcomer to break in, whereas in the U.S., it has much more of an open-door policy, and they will give anyone a shot.
Tanc Sade -
I do not believe we can effectively move Australia to a lower emission economy, which is what we need to do if we're going to make a contribution to a global reduction in greenhouse gases, without putting a price on carbon.
Malcolm Turnbull -
Once again our cricketers have flattered to deceive in Australia.
Ted Dexter
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I was a breakdancer as a kid. I was on one of the top break dancing teams in Australia.
Manu Bennett -
It's funny because when I'm outside Australia, I never get to do my Australian accent in anything. It's always a Danish accent or an English accent or an American accent.
Mallory Jansen -
I studied writing at university, and I actually majored in screenwriting. Then I went to work as a bookseller and then as a sales rep and publicist and then various editorial jobs until I ended up with HarperCollins in Australia.
Garth Nix -
When I was about 14, my family emigrated from England to Australia, and we decided to stop in Bali on the way through.
Naomi Watts -
I actually did my research and tried to get kind of like a working visa for Australia. It always seemed like it was a land of opportunities. The same size as the United States with one-tenth of the population.
Rick Nielsen Cheap Trick -
For sheer majestic geography and sublime scale, nothing beats Alaska and the Yukon. For culture, Japan. And for all-around affection, Australia.
Sam Abell
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We are in the midst of trying to fit Australia into the schedule after we go to Japan in January...
Howard Dwaine Dorough The Backstreet Boys -
A lot of my friends are in Australia, and it's definitely nice to get back there.
Yvonne Strahovski -
I went to Australia and did a three day hike with my fiance through the wilderness, which was nice.
Victoria Pendleton -
There are a lot of places that I know extremely well. Like, if I were to visit Sydney, Australia, I'd feel very comfortable there. I'm very comfortable in many, many cities.
Kaki King -
I do have friends in Australia who now refer to me as 'Hollywood Jack.'
Jacki Weaver -
If Australia finds it has a strong Australian dollar, and it has higher unemployment, then it would have to respond, and that would either be by increasing domestic demand or by weakening its own currency.
Ben Bernanke
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Even if you go to Australia today, it's very much like visiting a state you haven't been to.
Pat Oliphant -
Australia is so influenced by America. It's kind of in-between the U.K. and the States.
Flume -
We had to leave Australia to become international stars.
Barry Gibb Bee Gees -
There was movement at the station, for the word had passed around. That the colt from Old Regret had got away.
Banjo Paterson