Australia Quotes
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Australia will take more refugees from Syria in response to the growing international crisis but it will not increase the total number of asylum seekers it accepts.
Tony Abbott
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There is nothing so costly to the state as a ruined life
Catherine Helen Spence
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We have seen amazing, creative and interactive pictures from camera owners, and I'm looking forward to the Lytro camera being available in Australia.
Ren Ng
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Most of the people who are coming to Australia by boat have passed through several countries on the way, and if they simply wanted asylum they could have claimed that in any of the countries through which they'd passed.
Tony Abbott
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Whereas there's a wealth of galleries in Australia, everyone's got a gallery in Australia or wants your work. Because the art scene is smaller in Indonesia, there's not so much competition.
Andrew Jack
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Jesus knew that there was a place for everything and it’s not necessarily everyone’s place to come to Australia.
Tony Abbott
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I wonder if it is Australia's great distance from more populated land masses that allows its inhabitants to be left to their own devices, to be incredibly creative and, at times, to be wonderfully weird.
Henry Rollins Black Flag
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In 1958, we decided to go to Australia. We were there for six months, and all the shows went well.
Ernie Wise
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Australia would play its role in taking displaced people from the Syrian conflict.
Tony Abbott
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South Australia was the first community to give the secret ballot for political elections.
Catherine Helen Spence
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What I'm trying to do when I visit Australia, is warn Australians that even though it might not be the case today, learn from the mistakes that we made in Europe: be vigilant and look at Islam for what it really is.
Geert Wilders
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If I was in a refugee camp somewhere on the Pakistani border, of course I'd want to come to Australia.
Tony Abbott
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Probably my mother's life was prolonged beyond that of a long-lived family by her coming to Australia in middle life; and if I ever had any tendency to consumption, the climate must have helped me.
Catherine Helen Spence
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Like a ship, a car should be named after a girl as it's sexy. My original car was called Kate. But then it got smashed at the opening race in Australia. So we called this one Kate's Dirty Sister because it is more aggressive and faster.
Sebastian Vettel
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I want to go to Australia so bad, do comedy there, and see the people there. It's a great country. I have friends that are Australian that have told me all about it. I want to do comedy there.
Brad Williams
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I am in favour of the notion of Australia as an immigrant society.
Tony Abbott
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Australia came out victorious but I'm sure you'll agree we've got a good group of young players, very exciting players, and guys who want to represent their country.
Brian Lara
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There's a lot of exaggerated talk about CAFTA, but it's actually a fairly routine trade agreement. Although it involves fairly small nations, they're still more important trade partners than places like Australia or many other larger nations.
Ernest Istook
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There's an expression in Australia that's called 'Go Bush,' which means to get out of the city and relax. I try and 'go bush' to places where there's no cell reception. But, I don't get to do that often, so for the most part, it's just a state of mind.
Cate Blanchett
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There is so much talent in Australia.
Cate Blanchett
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My commitment to the forgotten families of Australia is to ease your cost of living pressure.
Tony Abbott
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In Australia there are not limits on what you can believe but there are limits on how you can behave. It's called the law, and no one is above it.
Nick Xenophon
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Australia is so entrenched in rock n'roll and bands, and that's just the way Australia is.
Ricki-Lee Coulter
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It's odd, that's why I don't like telling people I played field hockey. It's real big in Australia for guys. But I say I played in America, and everybody goes, 'Oh, you girl!'
Heath Ledger