History Quotes / Australia

->'' Lightning cracked in the sky of this desolate wasteland, yet despite the thunderclouds, which painted the sky the colour of a bruise, there was no relief for this parched land. The ruins of a dead city, smothered in dust the colour of blood, were revealed in each flash of light. And in those brief moments of light, things could be seen moving, things that moved in a way which was anathema to the human eye, all squirming and crawling and too many legs.\\

This was Australia.''

->'''''Australia''': A country in the South Sea, whose industrial and commercial development has been unspeakable retarded by an unfortunate dispute between geographers as to whether it is a continent or an island.''

->''"A sick feeling of repugnance and apprehension grows in me as I near Australia."''\\
-- '''From the diary of Sir Robert Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia, May 23, 1941'''

->''Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia.''\\
-- '''[[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} Charles M. Schulz]]'''

When the Vice Squad came along.''\\
-- ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''

->''"Traditionally, most of Australia's imports come from overseas."''\\
-- '''Keppel Enderbery'''

This was Australia.''\\
-- from ''[[FanFic/NobodyDies NGE: Nobody Dies, The Kei Files]]'', Chapter 7, by @/EarthScorpion

-> ''[upon being asked 'Where could you find a [[RealityIsOutToLunch Wyld]] pocket in RealLife?']''
-> "Australia."

-->--'''{{Music/TISM}}''', "Give Up For Australia"

-->--'''Planet Dolan,''' regarding Australia in his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLBHFo7SIhE 15 Most Poisonous Animals Ever]] video; half of the animals listed in the video are Australian.

-- '''Charles Schultz'''

Not a {{Norman Mailer}}\\

-->--'''Danger Dolan,''' regarding Australia in his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLBHFo7SIhE 15 Most Poisonous Animals Ever]] video; half of the animals listed in the video are Australian.

-> "A country which apparently houses every organic death-mobile ever."

-- ''MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''

->''   Lightning cracked in the sky of this desolate wasteland, yet despite the thunderclouds, which painted the sky the colour of a bruise, there was no relief for this parched land. The ruins of a dead city, smothered in dust the colour of blood, were revealed in each flash of light. And in those brief moments of light, things could be seen moving, things that moved in a way which was anathema to the human eye, all squirming and crawling and too many legs.\\
   Some would have called this place Hell.\\
   Fools. The depths of the horrors imagined by Dante could not match the abominations that dwelt in this place.\\
   This was Australia.''\\

->'' Lightning cracked in the sky of this desolate wasteland, yet despite the thunderclouds, which painted the sky the colour of a bruise, there was no relief for this parched land. The ruins of a dead city, smothered in dust the colour of blood, were revealed in each flash of light. And in those brief moments of light, things could be seen moving, things that moved in a way which was anathema to the human eye, all squirming and crawling and too many legs.\\
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Some would have called this place Hell.\\
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Fools. The depths of the horrors imagined by Dante could not match the abominations that dwelt in this place.\\
\\
This was Australia.''\\
-- from ''[[FanFic/NobodyDies NGE: Nobody Dies, The Kei Files]]'', Chapter 7, by [=EarthScorpion=]

-''>Australia's a lovely land\\

-- ''MontyPythonsFlyingCircus

-- from ''[[FanFic/NobodyDies NGE: Nobody Dies, The Kei Files]]'', Chapter 7, by EarthScorpion