Sydney Quotations

If 30 Australians drowned in Sydney Harbour, it would be a national tragedy. But when 30 or more refugees drown off the Australian coast, it is a political question.

I'm a Sydney suburban boy shaped entirely by the western suburbs.

I got expelled from every school I went to in Sydney.

There's an ease that I have living in Australia. The best things about Sydney are free: the sunshine's free, and the harbour's free, and the beach is free.

I was shocked when I moved to Sydney how very few indigenous people I came across. And so when I go to places like Maroubra or Redfern or Waterloo or Erskineville, I feel more at home because of the people I'm around - anywhere I can see a face that reflects someone that looks like my family, I feel much more at home.

As a result of the asthma I was sent to school in the country, and only visited Sydney for brief, violently asthmatic sojourns on my way to a house we owned in the Blue Mountains.

Notre Dame and Sydney - that was nothing. Notre Dame doesn't have a police station; it is not 1,000 or so feet high. It was a public structure, very easy to access. And Sydney Harbour Bridge was half-and-half: a bridge, in the middle of the night. The World Trade Center was the end of the world. Electronic devices, police dogs.

No one I knew in Sydney was thinking about how they might come to America and become a movie star. That would be considered delusions of grandeur. My parents were supportive, though. They just told me to keep at it as long as I was having fun.

I did organize something in high school like a school walkout. These kids were locked up in their school, they weren't allowed out, but 3,000 school kids from Sydney walked out and protested. And I organized it from my mom's office at work. And I was 12.

No, 'Point Break' for me - growing up on the beaches of Sydney as a surfer, it was kind of the movie that we watched every week. For me to be Johnny Utah, I'm beside myself.

South Sydney is a very complicated and wonderful place. You have some of the most expensive bits of real estate in the country and a large percentage of government housing.

I basically sat around unemployed in Sydney for three years straight, and the two things that saved me were the rugby league and my dog.

I started putting a wire up in secret and performing without permission. Notre Dame, the Sydney Harbor Bridge, the World Trade Center. And I developed a certitude, a faith that convinced me that I will get safely to the other side. If not, I will never do that first step.

Los Angeles and Sydney are very similar, but I definitely enjoy more fresh seafood when I'm back in Australia, as there is so much great, fresh produce here. I also like going swimming at the beach while I'm home, too.

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.

I think that episode in the third season was great. I'm really glad that we did that. He got to sleep with Sydney and kill Evil Francie and go on a mission and pretend he's a rock star.

Professionally, when I did the Olympic games and sang for my country in Australia. It was a big moment, Sydney in 2000. It was just a brilliant moment in my life.

In Vancouver, in Sydney and in Orange County, we live among fluorescent stores and streets so brightly lit that you can read a book after dark; in other places across our global body, there are blackouts and curfews every night.

I don't rehearse with my actors... the first rehearsal is the first time we turn the camera on... Sydney Pollack never rehearsed his actors, and I found out that's allowed... so you film reactions; you don't create them.

When their ship arrived at Sydney they gave the captain a purse of gold for his skill and seamanship in bringing them safe into port.

When we saw the Melbourne pitch helping spinners and knowing that Sydney is typically a spinner-friendly wicket, we began to debate whether we should consider two spinners as an option.

She doesn't have the skills Sydney has, but she will need to acquire them over the course of the season.

She was nothing but a woman who put other people in front of herself. She cared so much about her kids, Sydney and Justin, and her family. She was such a warm woman.

I have a contract with Sydney FC for next year. Whether that exists now, I'm not sure. I can honestly say anything can happen.

I was in Sydney on Saturday morning and saw all the papers and soaked it all up, then I got to the airport and thought gee, this is amazing. Even the Krispy Kreme doughnut people had put red and white tops on their take-away packs.

Given that (the 2000 Summer Olympics in) Sydney were a little bit of a dud firecracker, I think everything looks locked and loaded to have successful games this time,

I found it all very scary. This fairytale gets built around you - as if you've been walking through the streets and then Sydney Pollack sees you and goes, 'I'll put you in something!'

If we strike a line to the N.W. from Sydney to Wellington Valley, we shall find that little change takes place in the geological features of the country.

We are extremely lucky to have someone with Bob's knowledge and passion for the game working for Sydney FC in a role that is crucial to ensuring we maintain the support we have been able to gather in such a short period of time.

He's playing Qatar (January 2-8) and he's thinking about what his build-up might be. He might come to Sydney for a while.

He was making ground on Primus in Sydney and wet or dry I think he will run well at Caulfield because he has won there.

He will give us more options to consider going into the Sydney test with two spinners a possibility.

I feel great. I didn't have any kick in my legs in Sydney two weeks ago but I had to hold it back today. It's the old me, I've been praying for it to arrive.

Playing at home, you saw what their crowd was like when they were going forward, it was really an extra man for them, ... And I think the crowd in Sydney is going to back us just like that, it's going to help the ball go into the back of the net by itself.

James Packer was spotted around a Scientology campus in Australia, has made frequent trips in Los Angeles where Scientology is headquartered, and reportedly spent time in Scientology counseling sessions in Sydney ù and Tom Cruise is his pal. Practically everything that Tom Cruise does has some connection to Scientology. The thinking is that Cruise has groomed this guy to be a big giver to follow in Cruise's footsteps. After all, Tom Cruise is the biggest giver Scientology has.

I think Johan will give us more options to consider going into the Sydney Test with two spinners a possibility.

Over the past few days there has been a lot of speculation about the future of Sydney FC, and my position in particular. I have spoken with all shareholders over the past 48 hours and there is unanimous support for me in this role.

Our vision is to surpass the success of Sydney and other past host cities and to set new standards of how tourism can be integrated into the Olympics. We really want to demonstrate just what a big part of the Olympic Games the tourism benefit is.

I think of the present digital/IT evolution happening in the global industry as the most exciting period I have ever witnessed. And somehow new ways of distribution will come into play but let's start with reopening the Chauvel for the independent filmmakers of Sydney and Australia. In the wealthiest city in Australia, can't we raise $250,000 or so to keep our film culture alive?

I think it was a good match, especially after Sydney (where she lost in the first round).

We had our Cup day on a Saturday during the Sydney Olympics and it was an enormous success.

We'll play these two teams on Thursday and Friday before we travel back to Sydney and have a light gym session and rest.

We are delighted that Pierre has agreed to stay with Sydney FC.

We have always raised our levels of preparedness when hosting teams with elements of disappointing spectators, but in the Bulldogs case, history proves the problems are Sydney based.

That says a lot about where their passion lies and it's not going to be an easy tie at all. I know Max, he loves this kind of competition. I lost to him in the Sydney Olympics when (he was) playing for Belarus. He played extremely strong that day and he's a great doubles player, so I don't think any of the live rubbers are going to be that easy.

We'd see 10 or 15 other families with something worse. We felt like we had the opportunity to help a place that helped us when Sydney was alive.

We are thrilled to be in a position to welcome Martina back to Sydney and provide her with a wildcard.

We've lost our real, out-and-out strike bowler but then again, it's an opportunity for someone else to take their chance. We'll look at the wicket in Sydney and decide - we've been calm on tour so far and we'll continue to be.

We've made a number of releases on the subject, and if it happens again, how we react will be another thing. If it's still going on at grounds, then we're going to be very disappointed and unhappy about it. But since Sydney we haven't had too many problems on the field, so we'll take each game as it goes.

What is it with you and girls’ bathrooms?

We want the crowd to come out and prove the banner the Sydney players displayed (thanking the 'best fans') incorrect. If we don't sell out the stadium this week we never will.

We've suspended betting, the average bloke sitting at work has no idea Johns has been in Sydney seeing a specialist.

Unwired anticipates ongoing strong revenue growth as the company continues to grow its business in Sydney and expand into other markets around Australia.

We worked together in Perth on a TV show called Sweat. When I met Heath there was something extremely charismatic about him. Obviously he had talent, and I convinced him to move out of Perth and come to Sydney - the Hollywood of Australia, if you like. So I just convinced him to do that and looked after him when he arrived. We got a flat in Bondi.

While Melbourne and Sydney fight about who wears Australia's cultural crown, Canberra just gets on with it.

We will go to Sydney a far stronger outfit. Our bounce-back ability is brilliant. We will come back with a few new strategies.

We have some confidence from the last game in Sydney but they (Adelaide) are 10 to 15% stronger at home in Adelaide.

Would have liked to the see the Bullies in the finals, West Coast. St Kilda is really exciting. I'd love to see St Kilda play Sydney Swans in the Grand Final.

We would say that the whole process of private ownership of infrastructure has resulted in a successful outcome for the community. Cities like Sydney now have a network of roads that would not have happened, or would have happened more slowly and less efficiently, if they hadn't been done privately.

What holds South Sydney back can be attributed to lack of funding, but it also is possibly attributed to too many cooks spoil the broth.

Venus and Serena have chosen not to choose Sydney for a few years ... answer best known to them, but it's something that's really been on their schedule.

They are all coming to the show and we'll have a little catch-up backstage. We're not in Sydney for very long this time: it's a lightning visit.

The South Sydney football club as it stands now doesn't represent what I represent, so I'll move on.

With so much time off, we got in a lot of extra training. We threw in some new plays, and switched up our counterattack and worked on keying off the 2-meter offensive player, Sydney ---- she's made a pretty big transition in a week and a half.

I've spent 15 years in arts marketing and arts management in the US and the Sydney Opera House really is the pinnacle.

You have a character who is wearing a scarf on her head on a billboard in LA, New York, Sydney and Melbourne. That's how I would face barriers being thrown at me.

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.

So that the record is put straight I have signed a two-year contract with Sydney but also behind the scenes I have been told that I can go.

November in Sydney is lovely weather and it's light well into the evening.

Our defenders are really covering for each other well. Our defenders are also getting involved in the attack. You saw Sydney get assists and Morgan (Wallace) got involved in the attack.

Our defense turned into our offense. I think Brittany Brooks did an excellent job. She was a big factor in to why Sydney didn't have a great game. Sydney didn't shoot well, but a lot of that may have been because of our defense.

The results of the previous test, held at the Los Angeles International Airport and Sydney Airport, indicated that further testing would be beneficial to our development of a fully operational system.

We have severe space limitations at Sydney and the limitations will increase in future years.

We just have to see what damage is done physically, ... but mentally I'm very proud of the boys. I have a long flight to think what we can do tactically. It's in our hands, but I expect Uruguay to come to Sydney to defend - and they are a team which knows how to defend.

The weak update on major renovations in Sydney is just one among a plethora of indicators pointing to NSW having slipped behind the pack.

This is dreadful news for both Kris and the club and indeed for the whole of the Rugby League. Kris has been battling against one injury after another since the time he was injured against Australia in Sydney in 2002. The final straw arrived when he could not make sufficient recovery from his long standing knee injury. We fully understand his right to give up the struggle particularly as he has been such a great servant to the club and the game itself.

I've got no sympathies for that man. Every time the ball came to me at Melbourne or Sydney I used to be petrified ... it was a case of get it in your hands or get it away, otherwise the flack you got was awful.

I have not yet received an offer from Sydney Football Club, so I'm waiting.

I have not yet received an offer from Sydney Football Club, so I'm waiting. For me it's not a big deal. I think the players are a little bit uncertain over next year.

In the end the New South Wales government will do whatever is necessary to make Sydney as safe a place as it can possibly be for the benefit of Australians generally and for our residents.

I hope the Knights beat us to those players, from a Kiwi perspective, but we are going to be putting those processes in place to allow Sydney FC to have options on those players. If the Knights want to do this, it's something they have to develop and work out where they want to go.

At a team meeting after our weekly review we spoke about the fact that Sydney will definitely be up, following their loss to the Demons.

Sydney is acting as a major drag on the NSW economy and the weak update on major renovations is just one among a plethora of indicators pointing to NSW having slipped behind the pack.

Sydney knocked us out last year and most of the boys have got a point to prove,

Sydney Melbourne promoted the advancement of steel applications through improvement in automobile production with steel. This award encourages engineers in our industry to reach beyond current standards to achieve steel technological advancements that benefit the automotive industry, the steel industry and the consumer. The research of Todd Link and Jeff Grimm is a timely contributor to our knowledge base as the demand for automotive safety increases.

Sydney pitched really well, ... She usually does pitch well enough to keep us in ballgames. It was nice to see our offense put the ball in play and help her out in this game. Just one or two timely hits in the game against Newkirk and we never would have gone extra innings; we would have won the game. It was nice to end the night with our team playing well.

Sydney pitched really well. She usually does pitch well enough to keep us in ballgames. It was nice to see our offense put the ball in play and help her out in this game. Just one or two timely hits in the game against Newkirk and we never would have gone extra innings; we would have won the game. It was nice to end the night with our team playing well.

Sydney played well. All year our coaches have been saying that it's going to be different players playing well on different nights. Last night it was Sydney's turn.

Sydney proved last year she was one of the best defensive players in the Pac-10. She will anchor our defense and provides a lot of energy.

It's better to be top than chasing it. NSW managed to beat us on the fourth day in Sydney after winning the toss with the whole Test side, so I wouldn't mind playing them without the Test side, put it that way.

He's sent me texts before games wishing us all the best and I've done the same thing. He sent me a wee text after we drew with Sydney to give Adelaide the premiership and we appreciated that.

I rate the Sydney horses as an amazing bunch and Paratroopers in the best of them,

I remember that feeling when I was a young reader: finding books that were set in Sydney with Australian characters was incredibly exciting.

The big thing is when we had the Sydney Olympics in 2000, it was after all the four majors had been played,

The British are receiving a significant increase in funding and you can't discount them as a threat in 2008 and 2012 when you consider what the funding boost did for us in Sydney five years ago.

The girls played really well. We were able to upset their rhythm with our press and force turnovers. Defensively the girls were aggressive and rebounded well. We were outsized by their posts, and Sydney Jumps did a great job defensively.

A board constituted as the board of Sydney Hospital is constituted is not a suitable body to have control of an institute of medical research.

It's going to be a completely different style to the one we've just played, ... (The Swans) will be emotionally stressed about the performance because they did everything to win, which was a huge effort from the Sydney footy club.

I banged out a few ideas when I landed in Singapore, I sent emails to about 10 people sharing my ideas and when I got to Sydney eight hours later they had all reacted and all very favorably,

I asked coach to start the foundation as a living memorial to Sydney and he said yes.