Memorable
​One-Liners
From words of wisdom to sharp tongues and cutting wit, reporters love to quote people with linguistic flair.
"Growth is going to come to an end, either suddenly or in a controlled way," he explained, citing the joke that anyone who thinks you can have infinite growth in finite circumstances is "either a madman or an economist."
-Sir David Attenborough, in The Guardian, warning that economic models need to change.

​"Public sentiment is everything. With it, nothing can fail; against it, nothing can succeed.” 
- Abraham Lincoln, from a story in The Sydney Morning Herald.

"This is like dumping the fastest improving athlete or the silver medallist from the Olympic swimming squad and leaving the worst performer in there."
- Andrew Forrest hits out at Rugby Australia for axing the Perth Super Rugby franchise.

​"Violence had spiralled out of control. People were literally being punched to death in the city."
- Former NSW Premier Mike Baird in The Australian on his government's lockout laws.

"We are talking about a war zone. This is not a Contiki tour."
- Labor defence spokesman Richard Marles in Daily Mail Australia on former Liberal MP Wyatt Roy's visit to Iraq.

''As hygienically sanitised as a Hilton hotel lavatory seat.''
- The late Sydney Morning Herald film and TV critic Robin Oliver, writing about Blue Lagoon. 

"What we have got is a dead carcass, swinging in the breeze, but nobody will cut it down to replace him.”
- Paul Keating in The Australian on former Liberal Prime Minister John Howard.

“The crisis you have to worry about most is the one you don’t see coming.”
– Mike Mansfield, former US senator.
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