#at

Even if you go to Australia today, it's very much like visiting a state you haven't been to. ↗

— Pat Oliphant

#been #even #go #haven #like

I hate changes of administrations, because I have all my villains in place and they are all taken away and replaced with faceless wonders nobody knows. ↗

— Pat Oliphant

#because #changes #faceless #hate #i

If it were not for the fact that editors have become so timorous in these politically correct times, I would probably have a greater readership than I have. ↗

— Pat Oliphant

#correct #editors #fact #greater #i

There has always been quite a strong black and white art tradition in Australia, with quite a large contingent of cartoonists, given the size of the population. ↗

— Pat Oliphant

#art #australia #been #black #black and white

So many cartoonists draw the same year after year. When they find a style, they stick with it. They don't mess with innovation, and they become boring. ↗

— Pat Oliphant

#become #boring #cartoonists #draw #find

They gave me a second opportunity and 45 years later I'm still here. ↗

— Tony Oliva

#here #i #later #me #opportunity

Above all, I would not expect a wise race, at great expense, to set loose an army of self-replicating robots. ↗

— Barney Oliver

#army #expect #expense #great #i

Despite recent speculation in the media, and after difficult but sincere consideration, I have decided not to direct 'Catching Fire.' As a writer and a director, I simply don't have the time I need to write and prep the movie I would have wanted to make, because of the fixed and tight production schedule. ↗

— Gary Ross

#because #catching #consideration #decided #despite

If interstellar travel is as time- or energy- demanding as the above figures indicate, it is far from obvious what the motive for colonization might be. ↗

— Barney Oliver

#colonization #demanding #far #figures #indicate

The factor most ignored in discussing interstellar flight is the kinetic energy that must be invested in the ship to make its tons of matter move at a substantial fraction of the speed of light. ↗

— Barney Oliver

#energy #factor #flight #fraction #ignored