Famous Quotes & Sayings

Geoffrey Rush

My eye muscles hurt now when I read our MasterCard bill.

Geoffrey Rush

It's their story, and I got to be the guy in the back while they were in the foreground.

Geoffrey Rush

When people come to me and tell me I was terrific in this or that, I do not want to fall flat on my face the next time. But, tough, I have fallen flat before. You just get up and dust yourself off.

Catherine Helen Spence

South Australia was the first community to give the secret ballot for political elections.

Bob Brown

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.

Billy Zane

I read the Phantom comics when I was in Australia shooting 'Dead Calm'' and when one of the crew told me that there were plans for a movie, I went for it. That was in 1987 and I told (producer) Graham Burke I was going to be the Phantom. We had a laugh about that recently because you usually get what you deserve, not what you desire, and that is especially true in Hollywood!

There is no place in Australian cricket for racism, whether it be on or off the field.

Until that happens the crews will be held in Darwin facilities or if appropriate taken to Baxter in South Australia or Perth.

Bill Gates

The most impactful dollars that Australia can spend are actually what goes to help the poorest.

U.S. interest rates are pretty close to the top. By year- end it is quite likely the Fed will be shifting toward easing monetary policy and investors will be starting to wonder about a renewed widening in the Australian and U.S. interest-rate gap.

Working people in regional Australia will feel the brunt of Howard's workplace laws and I'd be very worried if I was a federal MP who has voted for this legislation.

Irene Khan

We feel Australia has a very important role to play in the region, but it cannot do that if it doesn't practise what it preaches in its own territory,

We are proud of our 40 year history in Australia and our commitment in the 1960s to begin manufacturing in Australia which we continue here today.

Bill Evans

We are pleased to note that the recent run of strong data in Australia has seen markets lower that probability to only about 15 per cent.

We are at loggerheads with Australia and the International Cricket Council is aware of it.

Peter Roebuck

With the winning line in sight the last thing they (England) expected was that Australia -- aggressive, positive, confronting Australia -- might be prepared to shorten the game,

Dave Gorman

What this Australian guy meant when he said I was a Googlewhack,

We see the participants in the Australian health care market continuing to do very strongly,

Anthony Albanese

Australian seafarers make an important contribution to national security in a country with thousands of kilometres of uninhabited coastline.

The government of Indonesia is surprised and disappointed and deeply deploring this decision by the Australian Department of Immigration.

We drink VB, Victoria Bitter, which is way better.

We also listen to PJ Harvey; a lot of driving music. You need something a little more relaxing in the car.

I really wanted to work hard on my lyrics.

It's not important to how the band functions or to what we do. That's just many people's opinions on what they see. A lot of people project stuff on you, but that's okay.

I guess to just keep playing music; to just keep outdoing the last record.

Dante didn't work out, and then we found Ryan. He worked at a comic, record and toy store in Fremont.

All I've ever wanted to do was play music and go on the road and make records.

When you meet someone for the first time, that's not the whole book. That's just the first page.

Ben Nicholas

If you wait for inspiration you'll be standing on the corner after the parade is a mile down the street.

We were encouraged by a comment that when the details of the rights are outlined to us, both South Australia and Western Australia should be happy with the outcome. That would suggest it shouldn't be anything less than we have had in the past.

Andrew Flintoff

At the end of this summer it's going to be great going to Australia and sharing a dressing room with some of the best players in the world,

Eddie Jones

At this stage, there is no reason why he would not be selected on the spring tour. Like every player in the squad, his performance during the winter season will be reviewed and evaluated but he is the current Australian captain and the right man to lead the team through this next period of time.

James Packer

Expansion beyond Australia and Macau remains an important strategy.