Australian Humor Quotes

British comedy - which has been a big inspiration to me for many years - is very different to Australian comedy and different again to American comedy.

Australians, we've got a very healthy sense of humor in us. God forbid we take ourselves too seriously so it's kind of a cultural trait.

I like Australia, but every time I'm there, I feel like everybody's being sarcastic because everyone's so nice.

There's a sense of humor within the Australian culture that prevails when one is in a rather difficult situation.

I didn't see much besides Melbourne and a quick trip down to the Twelve Apostles, but all the Aussies I encountered were good-spirited and had a fine sense of humor.

You know, I'm Australian, and we have got the worst sense of humor. We are cruel to each other.

I think there is a kind of laconic Australian leg-pulling sense of humor that is certainly in some of my stories, or is an element in some of my books, and that's probably a direct result of where I've grown up. But other than that I don't draw particularly on the Australian landscape or the Australian biology and so on. So I don't think there's anything you could point to and say is particularly Australian.

I think Australians like a bit of vulgarity.

In Australia, even the darkest subject matter has a little pinch of humor. A little sweet to make the sour go down.

The Australian sense of humor is very dry, sarcastic, and very undercover. Like if I tell any jokes in America, people just think I'm serious! So I just quit telling any jokes whatsoever.

I always found myself in the company of Australians, who were like a reminder that I'd touched bottom.