Famous Quotes & Sayings

Australian banks have a higher PE ratio, (share price divided by earnings per share), so it would seem unlikely that foreign banks would rush in to launch a dilutive takeover,

Australian authorities have no right to interfere with individuals who wished to dies as martyrs in another country.

Liam Gallagher

That's grace under fire worthy of a misplaced Australian final-wicket partnership.

Kofi Annan

We will be relying on Australian support and contribution as we would with other countries,

Jack Haley

The rising cost of fuel has also hit the hip pockets of Australian families hard this year.

I've spoken to his management and they've said it's 50-50 for the Australian Open ? they will wait until as late as possible now.

What any country now knows is that they've got a prime minister they can sit on, and that he will, if they've got some part of Australian law that they object to, there's a very good chance that when they sit on the prime minister, they will get a result.

Through the next 12 months or so we're going to campaign on every front and try and win the support of the Australian community.

Michael Healy

We just thought it was a great platform for emotional drama and Australian stories.

There's good evidence that economic momentum globally is picking up and that's typically positive for commodities and the Australian dollar.

There's more Fed tightening to come than is currently priced into the market. That should see the U.S. dollar stronger and weigh on the Australian dollar.

There's little upside for the Australian dollar at these levels. We expect the dollar to fall over the next week or so whether there's an increase in interest rates or not.

Michael Thomas

The trend should be a weakening one for the Australian dollar.

I see the Australian dollar as a strong currency trading very cheaply. Australia is a commodity-based economy, so with stronger commodity prices the currency should do better.

I've been out of Australian basketball now for quite a while and I feel that I've changed as a player and as a person and I certainly want to put my hand up and be one of the leaders on the team.

We will not succumb to any pressure in relation to people who have no entitlement to be released into the Australian community,

Maurice Gibb

We expected to have a good time with Clive Davis 'cause I've always liked him, his shows. I've sort of followed his career a bit 'cause he had a lot of that on PBS over here.

The jobs numbers weren't small enough to warrant a downgrade to the Australian dollar at this stage.

The IPO market has been boosted by the convergence of three factors - strong returns from the Australian equity market, a continued flood of cash from superannuation funds and the T3 effect.

Xavier Malisse

I'm not going to put the Australian Open in jeopardy so we'll try to fix it. I'll take tomorrow off and rest it a little, hopefully by Tuesday we'll have it fixed.

Increased confidence, a strong housing sector and low interest rates have got Australian consumers in buying mode.

Mario Ancic

I'm really happy having played four matches extremely well with unbelievable tempo coming into the final. Today I was really flat but I have to take the positive away from the four good matches I played and focus for (next week's Australian Open in) Melbourne.

David Hicks is an Australian citizen. If he has committed a war crime then there is no reason why the Australian government should not try him,

Michael Mori

David raised the issue of mistreatment with Australian officials back in May of 2003, before he even saw any lawyers,

The news should provide support for the Australian dollar with a hint that the trade balance will continue to narrow.

The news on the Australian economy has been far from upbeat. A benign consumer price index report will make the likelihood of another RBA rate hike disappear completely and this will potentially weigh on the Australian dollar.

John Burnside

The Botanischer Garten in Berlin has one of Europe's finer winter trails, leading in careful order from glasshouses devoted to African-American and Australian desert species, through a fine collection of tropical plants, and on to the orchid house.

Strong commodity prices certainly do the Australian dollar no harm. But as we have seen, yield spreads are far more potent for the Australian dollar.

The Australian wine industry has been going through the industry equivalent of the perfect storm.

Trevor O'Hoy

The Australian wine consumer represents less than 15 per cent of our profit pool,

The Australian Wheat Board refused to quote to the government of Iraq prices on FOB basis and consequently they lost out. Iraq will buy one million tons of wheat in the coming days from American companies,

The Australian Test captain is Tasmanian, Tom Kendall, who played in the very first Test in 1877, is buried in Tasmania, and Keith Bradshaw, the new MCC secretary and chief executive-elect, is Tasmanian. We have made the MCC aware we are very disappointed Tasmania is not on the list. I hope it is not too late to reconsider the issue for next summer.

Shoaib Akhtar

The Australian surgeon David Young feared the worst initially but after the operation he told me that my knees are stable and I can still play five to six years.