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Quotes About Australia

Since retirement, I have been given the opportunity to spend time with my family. I have three children, aged 16, 14 and one. That is what is really important to me. I have also done a little commentating in Australia and am part of the MRF academy in Chennai.
~ Glenn McGrath
Starting at 16 in Australia at Riot City Wrestling, I learned a lot about myself and wrestling in general.
~ Rhea Ripley
I love Australia, and I especially love those rugby players.
~ Jennifer Coolidge
There's a rumor going around that I'm Miss Goody-two-shoes from Australia. Well, that's a laugh. I'm really Miss Goody-two-shoes from England!
~ Olivia Newton-John
Australia is not a safe place.
~ Mahathir Mohamad
I like Australia, but every time I'm there, I feel like everybody's being sarcastic because everyone's so nice.
~ Banks
It's hard to get your head around the scale of Australia.
~ John Torode
It's the people and their stories that make Australia great. The scenery isn't bad either.
~ John Bishop
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
A lot of the emphasis on international bowlers is on their pace and Australia coach Darren Lehmann is a big fan of bowlers who can bowl 90mph-plus.
~ Glenn McGrath
When you go to Australia you are always asked whether you can perform in hostile environments against high pace and every Australian side I have played against has had guys bowling over 90mph.
~ Joe Root
The concern is the Government is not coming clean and informing the Australian public of the assumptions that they have made to give rise to a $10.4 billion package.
~ Julie Bishop
We are so fortunate, as Australians, to have among us the oldest continuing cultures in human history. Cultures that link our nation with deepest antiquity. We have Aboriginal rock art in the Kimberley that is as ancient as the great Palaeolithic cave paintings at Altamira and Lascaux in Europe.
~ Kevin Rudd
I did well as an actor in Australia, and then Paramount invited me over... to have a look at me.
~ Rod Taylor
I've always been of the idea that is doesn't really matter where you are geographically - with 'Lonerism,' we made half the album in Australia, half the album in Paris.
~ Kevin Parker
Australians are particularly competitive.
~ Alex Horne
Being in Australia makes me happy. My partner is Australian, and my home is in Australia, and it's ridiculous not to be Australian - it's a logical step to take.
~ Miriam Margolyes
It would be pointless to deny that some crime in Australia is linked to migrant communities. A factor here is that many migrants come from countries where the government trusts none of its citizens to tell the truth and demands proof for everything. The Australian system, where the authorities generally assume that a citizen is telling the truth, but provides penalties if they are then caught lying, tempts some migrants into illegal acts...
~ Phillip Knightley
In Australia, not reading poetry is the national pastime.
~ Phyllis McGinley
Irreverence, independent-mindedness and a hunger for far-off cultures have defined it {San Francisco} ever since people began streaming into the area in 1849 in search of new fortunes from gold, and a settlement of 812 souls became within two years a city of almost 25,000, many from China, Korea and Australia, clustered around more than 1,000 gambling houses.
~ Pico Iyer
I have a sense of Europe also being like home. I mean, Australia is my home, and my heart is there, but I suppose I've always felt close to Europe, given we had family there, and we would visit.
~ Elizabeth Debicki
I've been quite fortunate to visit juvenile detention centers in Australia, jails in Western Australia. To be able to go out there and visit and see what it's like, you get a feeling for it.
~ Patty Mills
I'd like to visit my friend and his family who live in Australia. That trip is long overdue.
~ Kenneth Choi
Australia is my favorite place to visit. The fans are great, and the sport of bodybuilding is huge.
~ Ronnie Coleman