Australia Quotations | Page 5

From the Far East I send you one single thought, one sole idea - written in red on every beachhead from Australia to Tokyo - "There is no substitute for victory!"

Dinner was meat - not hunks of meat, as in Australia, but pathetic scraps of meat, as in Britain - which the girls upstairs transformed into edible dishes by heating it in secret ways and adding bits of stuff to it.

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

When I was young I never believed that Australia was anything else except blessed. I thought it was a little dull when I was young, but that was 'cause I was a snob.

The anti-globalization movement is one of the biggest globalized events of the contemporary world, people coming from everywhere, —Australia, Indonesia, Britain, India, Poland, Germany, South Africa—to demonstrate in Seattle or Quebec. What could be more global than that?

I've been to Australia a couple of times, but never to the north or the centre. I would love to see Ayers Rock.

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

Glenn McGrath had a reasonable career in Australia.

It's a pretty blokey magazine [Bacon Busters, 'Australia's only magazine dedicated to pig hunting'], but they have women in it too. There's a 'Boars and Babes' section: women in bikinis sitting on big old pigs.

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.

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

I don't feel at home in New Orleans. I don't feel at home in Austin or L.A. And I just felt immediately at home in northern Australia.

You feel free in Australia. There is great relief in the atmosphere - a relief from tension, from pressure, an absence of control of will or form. The Skies open above you and the areas open around you.

I like Australia less and less. The hateful newness, the democratic conceit, every man a little pope of perfection.

I was first in Sydney in 1993, and have been a few times since then. For someone who didn't know Australia, it came as a shock how intelligent, interesting and funny the people were. If I lived there I might see it differently, but as a visitor it was a lot of fun.

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.

While moving considerable parts of our business overseas would have provided overall greater savings, the successful restructuring in Australia also had the benefit of significant savings that would make the airline competitive.

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 consider Australia an extremely strong ally. Clearly there's a security basis ... But we also want to strengthen the economic relationship. That's what this free-trade agreement is about.

We saw in Australia that South Africa are a very disciplined, committed team.

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.

We thought it was a good result, the dividend was above our forecasts and the acquisition of those life businesses from National Australia Bank makes sense.

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.

We believe projects in Australia and New Zealand are promising because the two countries are in Free Trade Agreement talks with China.

Where the hell is Australia anyway?

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.

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 are huge expansions going on in Western Australia and the employment pages are groaning with ads from companies like ours. Miners are helping out as the jobs market softens a bit elsewhere.

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 lured him away from cricket and asked him to do the same for tennis. He has some great initiatives and one of them is a 'tennis in schools' program so we'll touch every kid who is in school in Australia and give them a tennis experience.

With commodity prices up strongly, and with the likelihood of the resources boom persisting for many months to come, it is hard to see Australia escaping without the need for higher interest rates.

With so much at risk, you might expect Australia to be at the forefront of the clean-energy revolution and the international effort to cut carbon pollution. After all, the continent's vast, empty deserts were practically designed for solar-power installations.

We will look to see who will need a rest before going to Australia and we will make plans accordingly.

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,

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

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.

We wanted to celebrate not only Australia but also the spirit of rugby, a spirit which transcends national boundaries,

We've had more success than they (scientists in Australia and New Zealand) have. Everyone has been trying different methods. We just got lucky.

We all know Australia have a strong team and have been playing very good cricket over the years.

Various locations around the globe are experiencing the same weather patterns. Australia is experiencing the same thing. We don't know what needs to change.

We've got a lot more Polynesians playing rugby in Australia now.

We've got a lot more Polynesians playing rugby in Australia and now these young guys have come through our development system and are making their way into the national team.

This was my first time in Iraq. I've been in Australia and other places before, but nothing for real,

What's disappointing is that we had opportunities to win the game. But their batsmen made the most of their opportunities and credit to them. It took nine days of Test cricket for someone to really win a day. And that was yesterday, which Australia won.

With his passing, we have lost an entire generation who left Australia to defend our nation, the British Empire and other nations in the cause of freedom and democracy,

When you play against a good side like Australia you all have to perform,

When I was very young, I got my first opportunity in television with a show called 'Surfing the Menu,' and it was myself and another buddy. We traveled around Australia and we surfed and cooked and drank too much wine. And we had a lot of fun.

What happened in Australia shows how competitive the business is in 3G. I think this could be the beginning of a trend where you will see WCDMA increasingly dominating new 3G orders.

What Canada is doing and we're a country of similar population, we're a major grain grower and what they're showing us is that even a target of about 1.4 billion litres of fuel per year in Australia is readily achievable,

We sold everything we had in Australia and invested it here. I want to rebuild but have to wait until I hear from the insurance company.

We just want Australia to be fair, like what they do with Middle East asylum-seekers.

We look to 2007 for the next move when the current global move for higher interest rates is likely to be reversed and Australia will play its part.

We go to Pakistan and India and if we win, the rankings might change but we haven't looked at the rankings, we want to beat Australia this summer.

We go to Australia with LeAnn Rimes for a couple of weeks in October. We have a lot of shows between now and the end of the year.

I've seen Australia and I've lived on an asteroid and I'd take the asteroid.

This side has probably got a good four or five years, but Australia don't have that. This Australia side is the best they can put on the park, and they are at their peak.

We are obviously pretty down. It's been a titanic struggle. We sort of knock them but we can never get them down. Then Australia come back harder at us. That is the sign of a champion side. Just when we think we will land the killer blow, they come back harder at us all the time.

Bondi has never been this quiet. It's sad to see such an icon of Australia not being used because it's here for everyone.

Brad will remain in Australia until his wife has given birth and he is sure everything is okay.

Both wickets can take a little bit of turn, particularly Adelaide, having had such a dry summer. The ball may turn a little bit more there, and the (shorter) square of the wicket boundaries also probably suit a few of our batsmen. But we are still going to have to play our best cricket to stretch Australia to the limit. We did that well in Sydney and we know going into the finals series that's the game we have to play.

Even though I am signed to an American label, I want Australia to fall in love with my music because if it doesn't work here, it won't work anywhere.

Besides recording, we have the Tooth & Nail tour coming up. After that -- and this is all tentative -- we're going to try to go to Australia and Japan with Copeland. There's no definite plans.

Every high-profile performance for either England or Australia can only enhance the prospects of the Ashes later in the year.

Beating the Aussies is a wonderful thing but there's an experience the guys haven't had before and that's beating Australia in their own country, ... These guys haven't had that yet but I think they can do it.

Corporate Australia is firmly behind the wheel of the Australian economy, while consumers have taken on the role of passengers in the current environment.

Don't kid yourself. Australia have never won this tournament before and are determined to win this one. They will send their best team.

Craig has always performed extremely well for Australia and it's great to have him back fit and in calculation for selection again.

Cricket South Africa welcomes this tough public stance taken by Cricket Australia in the fight against racism. Our players need to be protected against racism and we hope that these new measures will ensure this in Melbourne and Sydney.

England have got to get back switched on because if they lose this series in Australia people will say, 'Has England really progressed that much?'.

England had shown in the Ashes series against Australia that if you play five bowlers, you can win some very good matches.

Emissions from Australia and United States are spiraling out of control. We need rapid deployment of clean energy such as wind and solar today. If the conference just throws research dollars to the coal industry to clean up their act in 15 to 20 years, we've missed an opportunity.

E-mails are coming in from all over the world and as far away as Australia and the USA.

Environment Australia will now move to the next stage of the process and I look forward to further cooperation and negotiations with stakeholders, in particular, the fishing industry,

England versus Australia is the biggest thing in cricket - it's like the US vs. Russia at ice hockey.

There's upwards of nearly 800 franchises through Australia and New Zealand, and also we're starting to move into Dubai, China and Indonesia as well.

There's no magic solution for us, we just don't have the resources at the moment. The guys we've got here are the best front-rowers in Australia at the moment.

The tragedy for Australia is that our diplomatic relationship with East Timor right now is in a sorry state,

The time has come for Australia to drop Matthew Hayden,

The United States has already fallen behind nations like Canada, Britain and Australia who finalized their avian flu plans months ago,

I've been trying to come to Australia for some time now. I just needed the right horse.

It wouldn't surprise me if a few acts don't come to either Australia or just to Melbourne because Rod Laver Arena isn't available.

The win against Australia has prompted lots of comments around the world but never more than now we have to totally focus on each individuals' performance,

The widespread June rainfall across eastern Australia and South Australia was the season break that growers in these states needed, and provided a welcome opportunity for late planting to occur.

The wounds from the East Timor crisis are still very apparent in Indonesia and it's one of the things that makes Papua so sensitive -- the fear that Australia will do an East Timor with Papua, that's why this issue is so damaging.

The rivalry among Optus and Telstra in Australia for business and residential customers has been intense. Competing against two powerful and much larger scale businesses has always been difficult. This is a reflection of that being put into earnings.

There would be some fall out if Australia lost the series 2-0, no doubt about that at all. (But) the more cutthroat or the more challenging or the more knock out it is, that's all good for us because we're going to face it in eight months time in the ICC (Champions Trophy) and soon after that hopefully in the World Cup.

The science shows we need to reduce carbon emissions by 60 percent by 2050. This is a global challenge, ... China has to take it seriously, but so do Australia and the USA, both of which are still acting unacceptably and promoting needless greenhouse pollution.

The role of the centre of excellence is simply to help Australia remain at the top of world cricket.

The role of the centre is simple ? to help Australia remain at the top of world cricket, not only for today, but for generations to come.

I've spoken to Dwight about coming over and I think he's quite keen on it. His season in Australia finishes in February and he will need a team to stay in shape for the World Cup. It's the biggest tournament in the world so there's no way he won't be in top condition for it. To be that, he needs games, so I think it would be perfect for him to come here.

I've not been offered anything formal. No money has been discussed, they have just asked whether I would like to stay another year. My wife is still over in Australia so I have got to sit down with her and talk to her about it and see where we go from there.

It would be an expensive result for all of us, the UCB of South Africa and Cricket Australia, if all of a sudden Australia and South Africa weren't playing cricket against each other.

It would be okay to go to Australia to fix a problem, but I don't want to go to the Honduras to work out any kinks.

It would be really great if we can carry the tempo into our next home assignment against Australia next month. We know how tough it would be against the World champions but if we can carry the good work to the next series, I think it will be a real success for us.

It was very important to me because half the tour is in Europe, ... I'm excited and it gives me confidence to know that I can win here. This is the first time I've had success in the European season. Other times I've kind of made my rankings just on the U.S. season and maybe down in Australia a little bit.

It was an epic game. Australia are a very hard team to beat.

The sides are pretty well matched. You probably look at the spin department, Australia are holding the edge in that department. But you could say it's pretty tight looking at the batting line-ups and the seam attacks.

The thing that disappoints me most is a lot of wickets around Australia are losing their character. It would be disappointing if all wickets around Australia are identical.

I wanted Australia to really finish the race and give us a real good run so we could get a better time but it was unfortunate that the baton (for the Australians) fell.