Quotes About Australia

Australia is, in fact, an old man's bureaucracy.

Didgeridoo was something I picked up while I was on tour in Australia with Peter Gabriel in '93. I found out later that it's only meant to be played by men.

I had a very real fear of spiders until one bit me. I got bitten by a redback spider in Australia and I've never been frightened of them since. Maybe I've turned into Spider-man.

My mom was an environmental activist in Australia in the late '60s and '70s, and I guess I've inherited that awareness from her.

Australia must prioritise education spending. It is not a question of whether or not we have the money, it is a question of how we choose to spend it.

To live in Australia permanently is rather like going to a party and dancing all night with one's mother.

I first started writing music when I was 15 and at 16, I was playing in different cities in Australia. When I was 18, I was voted number one DJ in Australia.

In Australia, not reading poetry is the national pastime.

Faith is important to me. It's important to millions of Australians. It helps to shape who I am. It helps to shape my values. But it must never, never dictate my politics.

It was a positive sign that the conversation took place, it's a sign of the depth of the friendship between Australia and Indonesia.

I used the excess dirt to make a few more continents. Australia is my best work, I think," -Bunnymund

Therefore, if the ancient Greeks had known that a warm growing season occurs in Australia at the very moment when, as they believed, Demeter is at her saddest, they could have inferred that there was something wrong with their explanation of seasons.

When Europeans "discovered" Australia in 1522, the native inhabitants had no recognizable gambling, but the gambling spirit has found a welcome home on the continent in the years since.

Well may we say 'God save the Queen', because nothing will save the Governor-General'.

I just think Australia tends to make very good movies, so if someone hands me an Australian or an American film script I would guess the Australian film would be more intriguing.

Australia is very good friends with China, perhaps better friends than America is.

Yeah, I think it's an absolute disaster that Australia, the government, allowed kangaroo culling.

Present governments are encouraging separatism in Australia by providing opportunities, land, moneys and facilities available only to Aboriginals.

I want to give my compliments to Australia. Ever since your government paid a few million dollars for a Jackson Pollack painting, I figure that it must be a marvellous country

In the end, there will always be a fundamental difference of perspective between New Zealand and Australia on defense, whoever is in government.

In Australia, they set up a special fund to kick films off. It was quite an enlightened sort of move. You could go to this government bureau with scripts and and get finance for films.

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.

Adelaide was the first city in Australia, if not in the world, to provide for the health and recreation of all its citizens.

Australia's treatment of her Aboriginal people will be the thing on which the world will judge Australia and Australians - Not just now, but in the greater perspective of history.