funny aussie sayings

• By way of personal instinct, I have an inherent distaste for grandiose rhetorical statements, which don’t have any substantive dimension to them – Kevin Rudd prime minister
• Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once – anon
• A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour – anon
• Before you criticise someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticise them, you’re a mile away and have their shoes – anon
• Never complain, never explain personal motto of Kerry Packer – billionaire
• A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools in a machine shop Robert Hughes – art critic and author
• Winning needs no explanation, losing has no alibi Greg Baum – journalist
• The bigger the hat, the smaller the property – Australian proverb
• A champion team will always beat a team of champions – Early Collingwood Magpies teams
• Unless you’re willing to have a go, fail miserably, and have another go, success won’t happen Phillip Adams – Left-wing journalist
• All our best heroes are losers Richard Glover – radio presenter
• Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It’ll be the only one trying – Jack Lang – Labor premier
• As a work of art, it reminds me of a long conversation between two drunks – Clive James
• I’ve never seen anyone rehabilitated by punishment Henry Lawson – poet
• The true Aussie battler and his wife thrust doggedly onwards: starting again, failing again, implacably thrusting towards success. For success, even if it is only the success of knowing that one has tried to the utmost and never surrendered, is the target of every battler Michael Page & Robert Inapen – authors
• It’s dead easy to die; it’s the keeping on living that’s hard – Douglas Mawson – Scientist and polar survivor