Famous Quotes & Sayings

Khalil Gibran

I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers.

Lleyton Hewitt

I feel like if I can beat Juan Carlos on day one it gives Australia a huge advantage,

I find it odd at 47 that I can go to festivals and be in the company of groups that are much younger and we are playing a not-dissimilar set.

From a technical perspective the Australian dollar has failed to break 75.80 cents, which would have otherwise signaled the end of its downward trend. The Australian dollar's downward trend is still in place.

Walter Willett

Further adding, Increased intakes of polyunsaturated fat also probably explain most of the major declines in coronary mortality in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia over several decades.

Mark Schwarzer

I don't remember any of it but as a kid I grew up watching World Cups and unfortunately never got the chance to watch Australia playing.

Dennis Lillee

If Australia plays as good as it possibly can obviously it can win, no doubt about that,

Ian Chappell

If Australia had to go into the (West Indies) series without anything in the interim they would have still had the doubts raised by their loss to England hanging over them.

Ben Bernanke

If Australia finds it has a strong Australian dollar, and it has higher unemployment, then it would have to respond, and that would either be by increasing domestic demand or by weakening its own currency.

Holly Valance

I don't want to be 35 years old and still popping out songs in miniskirts and la-la-la.

Arjuna Ranatunga

I don't think our players will worry if Australia are being arrogant. If they are cocky, that's their problem, not ours.

I don't think of things globally myself, but I kind of would like to think of things where they are tangible and here. Then I can grasp that concept.

Richard Flanagan

For much of the latter part of the 20th century, Australia seemed to be opening up to something large and good. It believed itself a generous country, the land of the 'fair go.'

Glenn isn't expecting to hold his existing place on the list. He was fairly high last year and he is realistic about things this time around. We will meet with Cricket Australia and find out officially where he is in the next couple of weeks. But he is expecting to slip a bit, just hopefully not too much.

Given the strength of the metals markets it looks like the Australian dollar will be in for a good couple of days.

Kevin Rudd

Given the size of India's population, Australia is clearly underperforming in its provision of these services.

If it hadn't been for the mining boom, Australia might be in a recession now.

Patrick White

Here I hope to continue living, and while I still have the strength, to people the Australian emptiness in the only way I am able.

Having secured over 30 per cent of the Australian domestic market, we are now focused on strengthening our network, developing our product for the business market and steadily building our presence as the low-fare value-based carrier in our region,

Have a look at him. He's as Australian as they come.

Peter Costello

I think it could be done in a clean, safe way to deliver cheap energy and we in Australia have the energy they need.

I think it's exciting times in Australian tennis right now,

It certainly looks as if the U.S. dollar may succumb to sell side flows this week. This should imply a stronger Australian dollar.

Michael Vaughan

I thought we started the Test match at Lord's very well and for a day and a half we were good and then Australia took the game away from us - we've got to make sure we keep our performance levels up for a sustained period of play.

Peter Roebuck

Whatever the remaining results in this series, it is clear that the period of Australian domination is over.

Harry Kewell

There is a great goal at the end of the season now for me, with Australia drawing Brazil in the group.

There is no deadline from Swimming Australia or the Commonwealth Games Association.

There is never an easy time to move on but I feel I am doing so on a high after another great Australian Open.

John Howard

There is great commitment in Australia to further developing the relationship between our two countries.

Kevin Rudd

When Howard ... sends our diplomats into Washington to try and hush this whole thing up in the middle of our Australian federal election campaign, it's plain as day that they knew what the whole problem was.

How we're going to manage the players through all this is something we're going to have to talk about. We have to make sure that our key guys like Freddie are fit and raring to go for the Australia and World Cup legs.

Thaksin Shinawatra

He did not target the APEC summit ... his men went to inspect sensitive locations -- U.S. Australian and Israeli interests,

He can't bowl at this stage, but his form in Australia warrants that he will certainly be considered as a batter, probably at number six.