Famous Melbourne Quotes

#1. The first Tuesday of November, every year it is the same Every Aussie heart is beating with the excitement of the game For they bet on dream or fancy or the forms they've followed up From a dollar up to thousands on the famous Melbourne Cup

Slim Dusty

#2. We are in an unusual predicament as a global civilization. The maximum that is politically feasible, even the maximum that is politically imaginable right now, still falls short of the minimum that is scientifically and ecologically necessary.

Al Gore

#3. By thinking about your goals every morning, many times during the day, and every night, you begin moving toward it, and bringing it toward you.

Bob Proctor

#4. I feel more confident about what we're doing as a band and what we're trying to do as a band and the way we're looking at it as a band.

Shannon Hoon

#5. A mirror does not exist by itself. A mirror is a half. Half is done by the piece. The other half has to be done by the beholder. You need to be the half to see what you're looking for, so the mirror can exist. As you should do with other persons.

Cristiane Serruya

#6. 'Nil By Mouth' was a bit autobiographical, but as I always pointed out at the time, that's not my dad.

Gary Oldman

#7. This dreadful matter brought from these downtrodden people no outburst of rage against these oppressors. They had been heritors and subjects of cruelty and outrage so long that nothing could have startled them but a kindness.

Mark Twain

#8. In my twenties, my pleasures tended to be physical. In my thirties, my pleasures tended to be intellectual. I can't say which was more exquisite.

Steve Kangas

#9. The Christian life is the life of the Lord Jesus Christ lived two thousand years ago, lived now by Him in you!

W. Ian Thomas

#10. People still tweet me like, "Oh my god, I just found out you guys are married!" Which makes sense to me because I'm not the type of person who is like, "I love this actor, let me find out everything about their lives."

Mary Elizabeth Ellis

#11. As we get older, we demand stories that go somewhere. Things must change.

Dave Morris

#12. But that night in her dream she flew high above the earth in a moonless sky. Behind her, like a falling star, sailed a silver sled.

Chris Kurtz

#13. He's very, very well-known. I'd say he's world-famous in Melbourne.

Barry Humphries