Quotes by australian authors

Whoever called snooker 'chess with balls' was rude, but right. Clive James

Rude Chess Balls Whoever Right

Success is the freedom to do what you want, with whom you want, when you want, wherever you want. Conan Stevens

Success Freedom You Want Wherever Success Is Whom

When you watch people when they're relaxed, that's when you learn the most about them. That's when you really learn about who they really are. Costa Ronin

You People Relaxed About Most Learn Them Really Who Watch

Since I've been in Playboy myself in Australia, I love it, and I think it's really empowering and positive towards women, which is not a view that many women hold. Dannii Minogue

Positive Love Myself Women Think Towards Since Empowering Been Australia Hold Which Really View Many Playboy

My school friends thought I was outgoing and bubbly, but that masked a lot of insecurities, and maybe that's the reason I chose drama - to build a bit of self-confidence. I had a great teacher, and I won a few speech and drama competitions and just fell in love with it. Deborah Mailman

Love Teacher Great School Thought Build Few Drama Bit Insecurities Outgoing Had Self-Confidence School Friends Great Teacher Fell Lot Won Friends Maybe Just Reason Chose Competitions Speech

I need to keep traveling, being a gypsy, having experiences and writing about them. Delta Goodrem

Writing About Having Gypsy Being Experiences Them Keep Traveling Need

One of my favourite things to think about is, if you could be invisible and go back in time, where would you go? I've always said ancient Egypt. I would love to see them building the pyramids, and I've always had a real fascination with medieval time and monarchy in medieval times. Elizabeth Debicki

Love Time You Building Think Back Ancient Would Favourite See About Could Had Invisible Pyramids Said Always Real Go Times Egypt Where Them Fascination Monarchy Things Medieval

I wanted to be a mechanic. When I was 14 I wanted to quit school and go work on my car. But my dad said Son, you shouldn't do that. You should stay in school until your education is finished, and when you're done, don't make your hobby your job. Eric Bana

My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income. Errol Flynn

Problem Lies Reconciling Net Habits Gross Income

All I knew about Ethiopia was from a few records that I like, as well as what I read about the famine. But you get there and it's another world. It's filled with art and music and poetry and intellectuals and writers - all kinds of people. Flea

I love my life and my mistakes and my triumphs - all of it. Flea

Life Love My Life Mistakes Triumphs

Music is like the genius of humankind, universal... People who have never really taken the time to get into music, their lives are a lot smaller. Kids deserve the richness and dimension of it in their lives. Flea

Music Time People Genius Dimension Kids Never Taken Smaller Like Lot Get Really Richness Who Deserve Lives Humankind Universal

Imperfection is perfection. Flume

Imperfection Perfection

Life has its ups and downs, but you can only look forward. Frank Lowy

Life You Ups And Downs Only Look Ups Forward Downs

I don't think of myself as a hard man, but other people may think otherwise. You know you have obligations to do the best you can for people, for your job, for your shareholders... it all has to be balanced between the hardness and the softness. Frank Lowy

Best Myself You Man Obligations People Job Think Other Softness Otherwise Shareholders Between Know Balanced May Your Hard Hardness

I did not want to put myself on the line, as an Australian playing Britain's greatest comic actor. The fans of Sellers are obsessive, possessive - and aggressive. I did not want to risk their anger - or my own reputation. Geoffrey Rush

You can't write about the past and ignore religion. It was such a fundamental, mind-shaping, driving force for pre-modern societies. I'm very interested in what religion does to us - its capacity to create love and empathy or hatred and violence. Geraldine Brooks

I think that you can honour the sacrifices of a common soldier without glorifying war. Geraldine Brooks

War You Think Soldier Honour Sacrifices Glorifying Without Common

Revolution is the festival of the oppressed. Germaine Greer

Revolution Oppressed Festival

I didn't fight to get women out from behind vacuum cleaners to get them onto the board of Hoover. Germaine Greer

Fight Women Hoover Out Onto Get Behind Board Them Vacuum