Famous Quotes & Sayings

I don't know what the situation is with the Australian team but they seem pretty settled. In the same way that there were plenty saying last summer that they did not want to be in the side that loses the Ashes, there'll be more wanting to be in the team that regains them. We are under no illusion about how determined Australia will be.

I don't know much about the strength of teams like New Zealand and Australia right now.

I'd buy the Australian dollar next week. The data could continue to be stronger, which will generate a rally.

Grant Hackett

I am in two minds about it (the criteria). I think basing selection on world rankings is a bit harsh. I can understand Swimming Australia wants to set the bar fairly high, but I don't think it should be at the expense of a Commonwealth Games medal. I am a fan of choosing the team based on Commonwealth rankings.

Arjuna Ranatunga

I blame the Australian media for the public reaction. There are some cheerleaders in the Australian media and it's a sad situation.

Ron Dennis

The psychological blow of it raining halfway through qualifying in Australia was much greater than we anticipated,

Barry Gibb

You can be tops in Australia and be unheard of everywhere else

We understand that James may have an opportunity to play Davis Cup and because he played deep into the Australian Open, he would need some time off. We've already spoken about having him back in Delray Beach next year.

Stuart Appleby

We shouldn't be playing an Australian Open here. We should be playing on a top-10 course, ... To think that courses like Royal Melbourne and Kingston Heath are sitting there while we play this place is ridiculous.

Bindi Irwin

One day we were sitting in our little classroom in the middle of Australia Zoo, and Dad bursts in and says, 'OK, today we're going to go climb a mountain,' - the Glass House Mountains are about 20 minutes away - so we packed up all our math work and ran out the door and climbed Mount Tibrogargan.

Helen Garner

I used to feel an obligation to invent things. I felt I was a failure because I didn't do massive great novels about Australia or the outback or something. I just don't feel that any more.

Bindi Irwin

I have friends who come to the Australia Zoo, and it's just, instead of playing video games, we get to hug and kiss a giraffe or walk a tiger.

Gerry Harvey

The cost to do business in Australia is higher, and the lack of scale is a part of that - Australia is a very small market compared to the U.S.

Joan Sutherland

Technique is the basis of every pursuit. If you're a sportsman or you're a singer or a swimmer, well that comes under sport but you have to develop a basic technique to know what you're doing at any given time.

Maurice Gibb

Barry seems to be more flamboyant merely because he gets more interviews to talk about it.

Maurice Gibb

Robin hasn't got a big nose - but I can soon arrange that.

Maurice Gibb

Jim Morrison's very good looking, but I don't like this version of the song. The Feliciano version is better.

Maurice Gibb

Finally, I found a program that's put my troubles behind me.

Maurice Gibb

America? They had a good girl singer, Janis Joplin.

Maurice Gibb

Everybody who knows us knows we always have a good time.

Maurice Gibb

I'm quite proud of my piano playing. Robin's never played a note on the piano at our recording sessions. I just wish I could be appreciated musically now.

Michael Hutchence

We'd have to suck away at oxygen canisters between songs just so that we could keep playing.

Emily Browning

The only problem I have with American money is that it's all kind of the same color, so I'm always having to look. Whereas with Australian money, you have purple, blue, yellow... We keep it nice and simple.

David Attenborough

I suffer much less than many of my colleagues. I am perfectly able to go to Australia and film within three hours of arrival.

Clive James

It's my mission to tell the Australians from abroad in my work that Australia is a wonderful place.

Andre Benjamin

Australia is about as far away as you can get. I like that.

Andrew Strauss

The previous generation, such as Alec Stewart and Nasser Hussain, lost to Australia on many occasions.

Andrew Strauss

Glenn McGrath had a reasonable career in Australia.

Andrew Forrest

Id like to see the University of Western Australia and the other four or five universities in Western Australia really excel through having some of the greatest minds in the world attracted to it.

Andrew Forrest

Australia has always encouraged the little bloke to have a go, the Aussie battler to get up.

Andrew Flintoff

If you go out to bat against Australia, they come at you hard.

Rob Cohen

The crew in Australia was the best I ever had,

The expansion in mining has to have an impact on the wider Australian economy -- it's creating jobs and extra investment, so that's a great stimulus. We will continue to increase staff this year. China demand has driven our business.