Top 100 Quotes About Sydney
#1. I wasn't always a novelist. I began my writing career as a journalist, working on an afternoon newspaper in Sydney, Australia, doing the crime beat and court reporting. Having grown up in a small country town, I felt as though I had nothing to write about.
Michael Robotham
#2. How I work is that I write a story I'd like to read. Then you fly to Paris or Sydney and the interviewers talk about the greater significance of your work.
Michael Connelly
#3. Rose lit up. I'd totally help with that. Sydney's my friend, and I've got experience with -
Richelle Mead
#4. I grew up in the suburbs of Sydney, an arid kind of place, but every day I took the ferry across the harbour to get to school. I'd watch the ships coming in and going out.
Pamela Stephenson
#5. I'm a Sydney suburban boy shaped entirely by the western suburbs.
Bryan Brown
#6. I grew up in Pittwater, north of Sydney; Elvina Bay, Scotland Island area. I had to go to school by boat. To get to the mainland, we had to go by boat, so it was just a way of life.
James Spithill
#7. Fun fact: You may hug koalas in the Australian state of New South Wales, but not in Queensland. So ... if you didn't hug your koala nice and tight before you got here to Sydney, you're going to be shit out of luck until we go back to Surfer's Paradise.
Elle Lothlorien
#8. 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.
Russell Crowe
#9. 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.
Luke Bracey
#10. I had to be the next family Alchemist. My sister ... well, she's older, and usually it's the oldest kid who has to do the job. But, she's kind of ... worthless. -Sydney to Rose
Richelle Mead
#11. Recent gains in property prices suggest that Sydney's price-to-income ratio is closer to the 10x-income range. Unless
Lindsay David
#12. Everyone thought Sydney had passion only for intellectual pursuits. That was their loss.
Richelle Mead
#13. I didn't really like my Sydney accent - nobody likes the sound of their own voice - and when I was a little younger tried to change my accent gradually. But I've only ever really lived in Sydney and Los Angeles, so I haven't been influenced by the accents of some far-off land.
Callan McAuliffe
#14. Sydney: Ever had that happen? Once you can't have something, you want it that much more."
Adrian: "Yes. It happens all the time.
Richelle Mead
#15. There are no good men in this game," said Mitch. But Sydney didn't care about good. She wasn't sure she believed in it. "I'm not afraid of Victor." "I know." He sounded sad when he said it.
V.E Schwab
#16. One of the most wonderful memories in my life was when I sang at the Opera House in Sydney. I will never forget that. It is one of the most beautiful Houses I have ever sung in my life.
Nana Mouskouri
#17. Nothing I have done professionally will top the feeling I got when singing with John Farnham at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.
Olivia Newton-John
#18. There isn't a doubt in my mind that we could be perfect for each others life, Sydney. It's our lives that aren't perfect for us.
Colleen Hoover
#19. My father went to boarding school in Sydney when he was 14.
Kevin Kwan
#20. Sydney Katherine Sage," he said, his green eyes full of love and earnestness. "Would you do a brooding, deadbeat Moroi the honor of being his wife?
Richelle Mead
#21. Depends. Did you stop at the drugstore, along with your trip to the wine store?" "Stop there? Hell, I bought that place out, Sydney. I'm having no repeats of last time.
Richelle Mead
#22. I did pretty well at the Sydney Olympics, but those were my first Games.
Marion Jones
#23. I love cities. New York, Montreal, London, Amsterdam, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney, Melbourne, Toronto, L.A ... but, I do choose to live in Vancouver. It's home.
Stewart Butterfield
#24. While Melbourne and Sydney fight about who wears Australia's cultural crown, Canberra just gets on with it.
Judy Horacek
#25. I was first in Sydney in 1993, and have been a few times since then. For someone who didn't know Australia, it came as a shock how intelligent, interesting and funny the people were. If I lived there I might see it differently, but as a visitor it was a lot of fun.
Colm Toibin
#26. The food in Sydney is an Asian Pacific cuisine. It's eclectic but above all it's fresh, inventive and creative and that's what I love about it.
Baz Luhrmann
#27. In the basement of Sydney's new house is a little room that is about the size and shape of a coffin.
Dan Chaon
#28. The Reverend Sydney Smith, though a man of the cloth, caught the spirit of the age by declining to say grace. 'With the ravenous orgasm upon you, it seems impertinent to interpose a religious sentiment,' he explained. 'It is a confusion of purpose to mutter out praises from a mouth that waters.
Bill Bryson
#29. I come from the rougher side of Sydney. I don't know whether you can compare them to the projects, but in Australia, it definitely is the rougher side.
Rebel Wilson
#30. 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.
Luke Bracey
#31. 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.
Ben Mendelsohn
#32. The first thing I read was of my character on the phone talking to Sydney's fiance. Though short, it was so beautifully written, and it made me laugh. I thought if I wanted to play a character, this would be it.
Victor Garber
#33. In terms of theater, there's not a more supportive theater community than in New York. It's really kind of a real thrill to go there. I mean, don't forget, I'm a boy from the suburbs of Sydney, so getting to New York is a huge, huge thrill.
Hugh Jackman
#34. In the era of mobile phones and emails, you're no more out of the loop in China than you are in Sydney.
Tony Abbott
#35. 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.
Phoebe Tonkin
#36. 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.
John Eccles
#37. Sydney, look at me.' He rested his hands on the car roof and leaned in. 'No one is going to hurt you. Do you know why?' She shook her head, and Victor smiled. 'Because I'll hurt them first.
V.E Schwab
#38. I'd love to do Broadway or the West End. I'm sure doing eight shows a week is gruelling, but I did a lot of stage shows in Sydney and I love performing live.
Rebel Wilson
#39. 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.
Charles Sturt
#40. You fixed yourself. You didn't need me."
"No, Sydney." My voice was ragged. "I do need you. You have no idea how much I need you.
Richelle Mead
#41. When the vows were said and the rings were on, the officiant pronounced us husband and wife. I drew Sydney to me and kissed her, full of love and life and the happiness of what we had in store for us.
Richelle Mead
#42. Go to the Sydney Institute Media Watch Dog website to marvel at [its] work
Mark Latham
#43. Australia is one of my favorite places in the world. I spend a lot of time there. And I find Sydney a lot like LA in some ways, and it's beautiful, great for kids, and I absolutely love it over there.
Nicole Richie
#44. One of the great things about Sydney is that it has a great acceptance of everyone and everything. It's an incredibly tolerant city, a city with a huge multicultural basis.
Baz Luhrmann
#45. Sydney had been horrified to discover my home library consisted of a bartending dictionary and an old copy of Esquire, and at her pleading, I'd promised to read something more substantial. I was trying to think deep thoughts as I read Gatsby, but mostly I wanted to throw some parties.
Richelle Mead
#46. 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.
Lilly Singh
#47. Rose scowled. 'I should be the one staying. I should be Jill's roommate. No offense, Sydney. We need you for the paperwork, but I'm the one who's gotta kick anyone's ass who gives Jill trouble.
Richelle Mead
#48. Let's not mince words: the inside of the Sydney casino looks as if Vegas had an illegitimate child with Liberace's underpants, and that child fell down a staircase and hit its head on the edge of a spade.
Steve Toltz
#49. With great effort, I pushed my questions to the side for the time being. We were still fugitives, still undoubtedly pursued. Sydney's car was a brand new Honda CR-V with Louisiana plates and rental sticker.
"What the hell? Is this daring escape sponsored by Honda?"
- Rose Hathaway
Richelle Mead
#50. When I have a bad day, I dream about opening up a gelato stand on the streets of Sydney, Australia. Doesn't everyone have a random escape fantasy?
Nancy Lublin
#51. Except, now that I don't have a car, I can't really make good on my birthday promise."
Sydney thought about it for several moments. "Well. I've got a car."
An hour later, I vowed I'd never make fun of that Mazda again.
Richelle Mead
#52. I turned up my nose at yoga for years. I was a rugby player growing up. But now I know. When I'm on those long international flights, like 22 hours from L.A. to Sydney, I'll get up sometimes and do yoga in the aisle just to stretch out a little bit.
Jason O'Mara
#53. Adrian: Do you smell that?"
Sydney: "I smell the paint, and ... wait ... is that pine?"
Adrian: "Damn straight. Pine-scented cleaner. As in, I cleaned. With these hands, these hands that don't do manual labor.
Richelle Mead
#54. Farming implements are as cheap in Sydney as in England.
Charles Sturt
#55. I spent my first two years at a small all-male college in Virginia called Hampden-Sydney. That was like going to college 120 years ago. The languages, a year of rhetoric, all of the great books, Western Man courses, stuff like that.
Stephen Colbert
#56. Different parts of the world have different attitudes to failure. Arguably, it may take more courage to be an entrepreneur in Sydney, or Paris, or London, or Japan, or Singapore ... but an entrepreneur sees the world for what it could be, not what it is.
Guy Kawasaki
#57. The Alchemists know Sydney and I are here," I told her. "They managed to track Marcus when he came to town and stumbled into us in the process." I couldn't be certain, but I think Rose swore in Russian. "So what's the plan?
Richelle Mead
#58. I have visited Australia several times, and I always try to make a point of going to Melbourne because it's almost my favorite city there, Melbourne and Sydney. But I shouldn't say that because I haven't been everywhere-and I'm very fond of Perth too!
Jackie Collins
#59. 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.
Russell Crowe
#60. First of all, I would like to clear the air on one thing. Alison has slept with more men than Amanda; Sydney has slept with more men than Amanda; I think Matt has slept with more men than Amanda.
Heather Locklear
#61. I'm very pleased to introduce the world to Adrian and Sydney Ivashkov.
Richelle Mead
#62. At first I moved from Sydney to Melbourne, because most of the comedy was shot in Melbourne, and then from Melbourne to Los Angeles - and you have to sacrifice stuff.
Rebel Wilson
#63. I think it's very, very important that people outside the capital cities, not just Sydney and Melbourne but also Brisbane Perth Adelaide and so on, have the greatest access to the best cultural experiences they can in both the performing arts and the visual arts.
George Brandis
#64. Bay in January 1788 under the command of Captain Arthur Phillip. On January 26, now celebrated as Australia Day, they set up camp in Sydney Cove, the heart of the modern city of Sydney.
Daron Acemoglu
#65. So this book is like a thank you. We want everyone to know the story of how four Western Sydney teenagers picked up their instruments and dreamt of being one of the biggest bands in the world.
5 Seconds Of Summer
#66. And I didn't think you believed in god or a heaven.'
'Having been here thirty-four days,' I tell him, 'I've changed my mind, Sydney.'
'Why's that then?' he smiles.
'Well, if there's a hell like this place, then there has to be heaven somewhere.
David Peace
#67. Terriers usually have their own agenda, kind of like cats, only with a lot more pointless animation. - Sydney Linden
S.J. Hunter
#68. 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.
Patrick White
#69. Twenty minutes later, a new message came in, this one from Sydney herself: Back in human form. Everything seems to be normal. Everything? I questioned. Well, aside from a weird urge to chase laser pointers, she responded. If that's the worst effect, I'll take it. Keep me posted. I love you.
Richelle Mead
#70. Climate change is a global issue - from the point of view of the Earth's climate, a molecule of CO2 emitted in Bejing is the same as a molecule emitted in Sydney.
Jeff Goodell
#71. It took Sydney Pollack a long time to get me to do Tootsie. I asked myself if I wanted to play some frothy, ditzy character after I had just done Frances. Obviously, I'm thrilled that I did.
Jessica Lange
#73. I studied classical percussion for ten years. At one point I was thinking about going to the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, but then I realized it's actually not what I wanted to do.
Alycia Debnam Carey
#74. Moroi shied from the sunlight but as I watched Sydney, I knew without a doubt that humans had been made for the sun.
Richelle Mead
#75. Sydney is full of the craziest and most talented artists of all kinds.
Keiynan Lonsdale
#76. Sydney didn't trust stillness. She had come to believe that it was a bad thing. A wrong, unnatural, dead thing.
V.E Schwab
#77. I performed in Sydney some years ago for the Sydney Festival and I am just so pleased to be returning to the wonderful Sydney Opera House and also performing in Melbourne for the first time.
Lesley Garrett
#78. Claire's skin suddenly felt prickly. It came so easily to Sydney, and Claire used to hate her so much for it. Look how naturally she talked with Tyler, made it seem like toit was no big deal to fotm connections when they were so easily broken.
Sarah Addison Allen
#79. I did a walk in 1973 illegally in the northern side of the Sydney Harbor Bridge.
Philippe Petit
#80. My mother had never openly protested my relationship with Sydney. Really, there'd been no chance. I'd simply shown up at Court with a bride in tow, and no one had been able to put asunder those whom the state of Nevada had brought together.
Richelle Mead
#81. Rock pools, so-named because they have been hammered out of rocks at the ocean's edge, are one of Sydney's defining characteristics, along with the Opera House and Harbour Bridge, though not as well known.
Raymond Bonner
#82. Anyway, when I was a kid, I dutifully went to the Sydney Technical and Fine Arts College.
Rod Taylor
#83. The smile that lit Sydney's features warmed me all over.
Richelle Mead
#84. I didn't care at this point and busied myself texting a message to Sydney on the Love Phone, letting her know that my art was a paltry thing compared to the brilliance of her beauty. She texted back: This is me rolling my eyes. To which I replied: I love you too.
Richelle Mead
#85. With my misery accomplished, Sydney turned her attention to Rebekah. "So, what do you want be when you grow up?" she asked in a cheery voice. "Not a bitch like you," Rebekah said, making that smacking noise with her lips. Had I ever not liked that sound? Now it was the sweetest thing I'd ever heard.
Alicia Thompson
#86. Given the choice of living in Los Angeles or living in Sydney, I would choose Sydney.
Matthew Nable
#87. I've changed Sydney. It's my city, my people. I'm theirs. We belong to each other.
Harry Triguboff
#88. If you put 20 cents in me and ask me to talk about South Sydney, I'll play all night.
Russell Crowe
#89. When I graduated from high school, I had artistic and academic scholarships, and I was trying to figure out what to do. I decided to audition for the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, Juilliard and the National Institute of Dramatic Arts in Sydney, Australia.
Deborah Kara Unger
#90. Understand that I will kill or die for you, Sydney. You are my everything and I have no plans on ever losing you.
Kitty Berry
#91. I have thought about dropping an atomic bomb on Sydney but I wouldn't gain anything from it.
Damir Dokic
#92. Sydney: I like Latin. It's fun.
Eddie: I can't believe you think we're the strange ones.
Richelle Mead
#93. For me, Brett Emerton is the heart and soul of the Australian team. Him signing for Sydney FC, it has to be the biggest catch in the history of Australian football. He's a machine and he's probably the best pro I've ever trained and worked with.
Tim Cahill
#94. I just missed out on qualifying for the Sydney Olympics in 2000.
Natalie Du Toit
#95. The people of Sydney who can speak of my work [on flying-machine models] without a smile are very scarce; it is doubtless the same with American workers. I know that success is dead sure to come, and therefore do not waste time and words in trying to convince unbelievers.
Lawrence Hargrave
#96. With the death of what Sydney Smith described as rational religon and the proponents of what remains sending out such confusing and uncertain messages, all civilised people have to be ethicists. We must work out our own salvation with diligence based on what we believe.
P.D. James
#97. Materia had been just six when they docked in Sydney Harbour and her father said, 'Look. This is the New World. Anything is possible here.' She's been too young to realize that he was talking to her brother.
Ann-Marie MacDonald
#98. Sydney, I rather despair of making myself intelligible to you, because you are such an insensible dog." "And you," returned Sydney, busy concocting the punch, "are such a sensitive and poetical spirit -
Charles Dickens
#100. And he has so much, Sydney. So much feeling. He feels everything so strongly - love, grief, anger. His emotions are up and down, all over the place.
Richelle Mead
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