Ben Roberts-Smith quotes

Ben Roberts-Smith quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“I do what I do because I believe in the country that we live in. I believe we are making a difference in stemming the flow of terrorism into Australia... I want my children to be able to live as everyone does now without the fear of getting on a bus and having it blow up.”
-- Ben Roberts-Smith

Source : Moshe Safdie, John Kettle (1987). “Beyond Habitat by 20 years”

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“I must follow them. I am their leader.”

Source : Abbott Lawrence Lowell (1932). “Conflicts of Principle”
“Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.”
“I believe in a business boarding up early. If you make a mistake, you put the boards in the window of the store and say, "Hey, I made a mistake." Let me take two shots in the arm and a punch on the nose and let me get on to the next thing. I don't believe in worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people. Most people zero in on their failures. I try to keep all my attention on a pyramid type philosophy rather than the averaging-down philosophy.”
“Sport is how poor kids from poor countries pass through the eye of the needle to riches and recognition.”
“I am raising my voice as a citizen of the country. I don?t want to enter politics.”
“A hero would die for his country, but he'd much rather live for it.”
“I don't know how long a child will remain utterly static in front of the television, but my guess is that it could be well into their thirties.”

Source : A. A. Gill (2008). “Paper view: the best of the Sunday Times television reviews”, Orion Pub Co
“I think that the young people today feel a tremendous sense of responsibility to their brothers and sisters because of the sacrifices that most families make to send their children to college.”
“It is remarkable how easily children and grown-ups adapt to living in a dictatorship organised by lunatics.”

Source : "Once upon a life" by A. N. Wilson, www.theguardian.com. June 4, 2011.
“Very young children eat their books, literally devouring their contents. This is one reason for the scarcity of first editions of Alice in Wonderland and other favorites of the nursery.”

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