To live in Australia permanently is rather like going to a party and dancing all night with one's mother. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes australia dance live
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore were friends and the last people I expected would predecease me. They were, in a sense, casualties of fame. Barry Humphries casualtycookdudley Change image and share on social
One of the strangest experiences one can have is to sleep on stage, as I once did in Sydney when I'd lost the key to my flat. I had to stay at night in a bed, which conveniently was on stage because my character Sandy Stone did his monologue from a bed. To wake up looking at a shadowy auditorium is a very peculiar feeling. Barry Humphries auditoriumbedcharacter share on social
I really feel sorry for kids who aren't interested in history - recent history, either, because it is this that made us what we are. Barry Humphries feelhistoryinterest Change image and share on social
The thing about dancing - what it taught me all those years - is it gives you an amazing sense of discipline in forcing yourself to do things that you know are good for you but you don't really want to do. Madonna Ciccone amazedancediscipline share on social
Australia is a resource-rich nation. We have been good at exploiting our minerals base and agricultural sector for exports. Anthony Pratt agriculturalaustraliabase Change image and share on social
It is only when you watch the dense mass of thousands of ants, crowded together around the Hill, blackening the ground, that you begin to see the whole beast, and now you observe it thinking, planning, calculating. It is an intelligence, a kind of live computer, with crawling bits for its wits. Lewis Thomas antbeastbegin share on social