(106 quotes found)
“New Zealand is a country of thirty thousand million sheep, three million of whom think they are human.”
Barry Humphries
“I've never been to New Zealand before. But one of my role models, Xena, the warrior princess, comes from there.”
Madeleine Albright
“When George Bernard Shaw visited New Zealand a reporter asked him his impression of the place and, after a pause, Shaw is said to have replied: "Altogether too many sheep”
George Bernard Shaw
“New Zealand was colonized initially by those Australians who had the initiative to escape”
Robert Muldoon
“Please, Ma' am, is this New Zealand or Australia?”
Lewis Carroll
“A major rugby tour by the British Isles to New Zealand is a cross between a medieval crusade and a prep school outing.”
John Hopkins
“I can understand why the New Zealand team are feeling disappointed and frustrated at that,”
Adam Gilchrist
“That was the big effect Lord of the Rings had on me. It was discovering New Zealand. And even more precious were the people- not at all like the Australians.”
Ian Mckellen
“I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.”
Elizabeth II
“We raise the prospect here that New Zealand has already fallen into a recession.”
Brent Layton
