Quotes by Australian/Australia authors (page 34)

"This is such a special summer holiday for me. I haven't known myself so relaxed in years"

"I know there will be X amount of women being diagnosed. I love to say, You can get through it. You can"

"Everyone knows how much Australia means to me. I try to get back here as much as I can, but normally it's for work, so I'm in and out and jetlagged and stressed"

Kylie Minogue, Musician

"A few years ago my goal was to try and get the goddamned album made, which put me in a real bad frame of mind"

Kylie Minogue, Musician

"Vietnam was as much a laboratory experiment as a war"

John Pilger, Journalist

"Not all the Americans in Iraq are those who torture and murder, or course they're not, I don't know how many are doing it, I know it is systematic throughout the United States military I think that's been revealed"

John Pilger, Journalist

"It's very clear that the Bush Administration is out of control. It contains some truly dangerous people"

John Pilger, Journalist

"With just about every player in Australia, his whole goal and ambition is to play for Australia. That's why they're playing first class cricket. It's just a different attitude"

Shane Warne, Athlete

"The reason why I have lost weight is that I looked at the international schedule and thought that I wanted to play for another two years. It is a very hectic schedule and if I want to get through that then I have to be in the best shape that I can"

Shane Warne, Athlete

"It was bloody difficult getting followed around all the time"

Shane Warne, Athlete

"New Zealand is a country of thirty thousand million sheep, three million of whom think they are human"

Barry Humphries, Entertainer

"You're only as good as your last record and you could get dropped"

Natalie Imbruglia, Musician

"I am such a bad liar. I would like to lie, though"

Natalie Imbruglia, Musician

"Someone to tell it to is one of the fundamental needs of human beings"

Miles Franklin, Writer

"I have crushed the cup of youth like a rose between my fingers but its nectar never warmed my weary heart"

Jon English, Musician

"Genuine beginnings begin within us, even when they are brought to our attention by external opportunities"

William Throsby Bridges, Soldier

"And dance is wonderful because dance is so immediate"

Graeme Murphy, Dancer

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

Ben Nicholas, Actor

"Considering the company I keep in this place, that is hardly surprising"

Robert Menzies, Statesman

"I got through my teen years by being a bit of a clown"

Diane Cilento, Actress

"I think we have to act like stars because it is expected of us. So we drive our big cars and live in our smart houses"

Maurice Gibb, Musician

"Well, I don't know what they'll turn out to be, but I'm working on a film of Kon Tiki"

Phillip Noyce, Director

"People just don't laugh when their family is violated, and you don't shrug it off. You band together and you defend together. It's a funny, primitive instinct"

Phillip Noyce, Director

"Oh yeah - I watched Knife in the Water, saw the shot, and repeated it. But even if I hadn't seen that film, inevitably the camera would've ended up on top of that mast, I mean if you think of it there are only so many dynamic shots on a boat"

Phillip Noyce, Director

"What generally happens in this county is that our politicians don't serve us well because they don't tell the truth, and they don't keep their promises"

Peter Garrett, Musician

"The Capitol was an occasion where you arrive at a sign in the road that says you have arrived at a place you may not have expected to be, but you know how you got here: Next!"

Peter Garrett, Musician

"That was the crossover line for us, to be able to play that many shows, sell them out real quick and have that tribe queue up outside and still be a mystery to everybody else"

Peter Garrett, Musician

"Some people are born with the necessary gift, and some work hard to build on the few gifts they have"

Peter Garrett, Musician

"In particular, Australia, because of its ancient geography, soil profile and distinctive weather patterns, is more adversely affected by climate variability than some other continents"

Peter Garrett, Musician

"I believe that the quantum of our knowledge will increase considerably in the coming years and that scientists will continue to be amongst the brave voices speaking out"

Peter Garrett, Musician

"And given that there's been probably a ten-fold amount of information about terrorism through the media than there has about climate change; I think that's quite an interesting statistic"

Peter Garrett, Musician

"When I was rising eighteen I persuaded my parents to let me return to Australia and at least see whether I could adapt myself to life on the land before going up to Cambridge"

Patrick White, Author

"My father and mother were second cousins, though they did not meet till shortly before their marriage"

Patrick White, Author

"Every mind which has given itself to self-expression in art is aware of a directing agency outside its conscious control which it has agreed to label 'inspiration'"

Norman Lindsay, Artist