Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

Gabrielle Aplin

I still listen to a lot of the classics from Bob Dylan and John Martin, but I love electronic music as well. I'm a big fan of an Australian DJ and producer called Flume, who I think is incredible. He should be more successful in the U.K.!

Jacques Kallis

We knew we had to strike early, and we managed that. But Australia played as aggressively as they have all series, and in the end they deserved to win.

Bindi Irwin

I live in a town called Beerwah, right in the middle of Australia Zoo. It's not hustle and bustle and busy, so that's helpful. We travel all over the world, but I've always been able to come home and run around in the middle of the Australian outback.

Bindi Irwin

I guess, growing up at Australia Zoo and getting to travel all over the world, I have this great outlook on life, and that's what I hope I inspire other kids to have.

We have sent our condolences via our chairman David Morgan, who is with the PCB chairman in Australia for the Super Series,

We have sent our condolences via our chairman (David Morgan), who is with the PCB chairman in Australia for the Super Series. We have sent our condolences to the people of Pakistan and we are looking at ways of helping Pakistan's relief funds as well.

There is potential for Australian marina developers in Thailand, now that Australian products enter tariff-free and more marinas are being built.

The papers and documents regarding the World Cup have just been sent to Cricket Australia. We have not set any deadlines (regarding the host country) but we know that the Australian board would soon let us know of their decision.

John Connolly

When you get away from selecting your best players, that's when you have problems. Australia demands you pick your best in a Test team. It's different at a lower level, then sometimes other factors come into it, but a Test team should be your best available.

We thought Perth was where we could get stuck in but we missed our opportunities there. If we had scored 'big' after bowling them out for 258, we could have put Australia under pressure but we also dropped catches. They weren't easy chances but you have to hang on to them if you want to beat a quality side like Australia.

Donny Schatz

We're pumped up and ready to get back racing. Australia has been very, very good to me over the years. I've worked as hard as I ever have to get a good situation for me over there.

Why is Greg Norman not doing something to help the Australian circuit,

To me she represents the Australian spirit. She doesn't give up, she's tough like nails, she's in the business of performance.

We (West Indies) are due to visit England for Tests and One-Day matches immediately after the World Cup , so it was impossible to fit in the Australia tour. We are hoping to play four Tests in England that summer.

We don't make the rules, we interpret them. Since that day he has been free to try to make the Australian team, the same as everyone else.

Frank Lowy

We have (got assurances from the Greek football federation) that the best team will come from Greece and we will (also) have the Australian team in full swing.

When my number was called for first place, my mother held up the Australian flag so high and the cheers were overwhelming from the crowd, ... The news is being well received back in Australia, too. We've won on three continents.

Richard Boucher

We will continue to work with the German and the Australian embassies in Islamabad and continue to press the Taliban for information about the status of investigation of the detainees and on how the case might proceed under the Taliban legal system.

Brian O'Driscoll

The 2001 tour to Australia would have been a great highlight in my career if the Lions had won the series. That might sound strange because it was a great tour in many ways, but, for me, the more time goes by, the less of a career highlight it becomes, and just more of a frustration.

Imogen Heap

On YouTube you can tell what countries are watching and I've definitely noted a strong Australian following. You can plan your tours around where the love is on Twitter and YouTube - before, you couldn't tell.

You have News Corp. weaker, you have the banking sector basically steady but with Australia & New Zealand Banking Group pulling back after some strong gains in recent weeks ...outside of that the market is just steady.

Hugh Jackman

We feel that there are so many kids who need adopting. We thought we'd do it after having a couple of our own, but we just changed our mind.

Frank Woolley

I don't think I ever worked harder at any match during my career to get runs as I did then, nor did I ever have to face in one game such consistently fast bowlers as the Australian pair, Gregory and McDonald.

Julia Gillard

We of course remember the days when the leader of the house was the bovver boy, stand over man of Australian politics, now he's just pathetic and this is just a pathetic resolution moved to try and guillotine this debate through this House from a minister who only yesterday ... was complaining about debate being guillotined.

Every time someone who arrives illegally in Australia is granted refugee status, it means that a place is denied to someone often in more dire circumstances,

Richie Benaud

But now that the series has been decided, the teams were well matched but Australia got a surprise.

Ricky Ponting

It's a song that we sing after we win a Test match. We sing it after every one-day series win. It's been passed down through the generations. It's the culture of the Australian team.

All some folks want is their fair share and yours.

We had one who wanted us to fly them from Australia and another who wanted a Met Opera tenor to sing during dinner. I said that would cost them $200,000!

Julian McMahon

You know, there was not much wire work for any of us actors to do because the extent of what they did was so huge. I mean, they wouldn't just throw you from this table to that wall.