Australian Quotes

Our South Australian farmers left their holdings in the hands of their wives and children too young to take with them, but almost all of them returned to grow grain and produce to send to Victoria.

Each Australian is a Ulysses.

I played football when I was little. I didn't want to be an actress at all, I wanted to be a majorette in an Australian circus. That was my ambition.

My God, I wish we had [the] 9th Australian Division with us this morning.

It's rare that there's a role that requires an Australian accent.

I do greatly admire Australian artists.

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

In terms of being Australian, I think a big part of it is the determination to prove yourself, just like Aussie actors.

I was the most Australian child ever in the world, even though my home was in Africa.

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

You see, before I became prime minister, the Australian prime minister only attended ever two meetings in the world: the British Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting and the South Pacific Forum.

Australian cattle dogs, are not like Labradors, where they just like to just sit around by the fire and get petted. They're working dogs, so they have a lot of energy, and they can drive you crazy.

I grew up on cricket and I think Australian kids are getting so Americanized.

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.

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

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

I think that Americans find the Australian humour and the energy of Australians very refreshing - we are quite self-deprecating, we're light-hearted and can have a laugh.

I kind of worry about that a little bit - we lost our film culture for 30 years because the Americans came in and bought up all the cinema chains and wouldn't show any Australian films.

There are a thousand weird untold stories in the Australian film industry, this has been one of them.

If I am wrong and you are right then the democratic process of the Australian community will vindicate you and condemn me.

I don't think any Australian will ever forget, there will never be a Carbon Tax under a government I lead.

The Australian language is easier to learn than boat talk. It has a vocabulary of about six words.

Brian Burke as we now know was the most influential person in the West Australian Labor Party, if you could attract him, you're in business.

There's a good sense of fun and lack of sarcasm in the Texans, maybe a little earnestness which is kind of why I found it quite Australian.

The suburb was the major element of Australian society.

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

Can you imagine what it would be like if all the Aussie film talent was able to make Australian stories?

I have a TV Soap Boomerang award, and I always start my year with the Australian Open tennis! Tennis, soccer, you name it.

I'm not sure (whether Demetriou did anything wrong). I wouldn't have thought so ... but I'm not the ACC (Australian Crime Commission), I'm not ASADA. I'm a football coach trying to coach a game.

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 they're being mistreated.

It's beyond belief that any Australian could be so stupid as to carry drugs into any country in Asia.

I am an Australian citizen, and I miss my country a great deal.

I celebrated my 18th birthday in Japan, which was quite memorable; I was quite fascinated by the different traditions and the culture; it was so completely different to Australian culture.

I'm an Australian, and when I grew up much of my influences were American - blues music and country music, all that sort of thing.

I'm a proud Australian, a very, very proud Australian.

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

I don't see why, if you look at how the Australian culture and psyche is, that we can't be amongst the most generous from the grassroots up, nations in the world.

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.

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 have it cut off.

Public service and respect for ideas is a recurrent theme in both the American and Australian sides of my family.

Id have to fight for an Australian role over an American actor, and I already have to do that overseas, so why would I have to do it back at home?

The Australian accent is sort of like going down a step in smartness, you could say, because you guys pronounce things as they're spelled. We add and abbreviate stuff.

I know more Australian people than I know New Zealand persons. I feel like there's a real gap in my education.

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

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

I do not have any official responsibilities related to the Australian Olympic Committee or the Federation of Athletic Associations since I am too busy with my private business.

An Australian swimmer who failed to win a gold medal is blaming her loss on social media. In her defense, it is really hard to tweet when you're swimming.

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.

I grew up listening to Nirvana, and then went through some bad 90s pop stuff - a lot of Australian one-hit wonders.