Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Australian editor Paul Ramadge.
Last updated on April 15, 2025.
Paul Andrew Godwin Ramadge is a noted Australian journalist and knowledge-sector leader. He was editor-in-chief of The Age, a daily newspaper in Melbourne, from 2008 to June 2012. He is a Vice-Chancellor’s Professorial Fellow at Monash University and was the inaugural Director of the Australia-Indonesia Centre (2013–2016), based at Monash University but bringing together eleven universities in the two nations to drive collaborative research, strengthen relationships and networks, and analyse attitudes and perceptions.
Sport has long occupied a special place in the hearts of Australians, and today the nation welcomes a new champion to the pantheon. Cadel Evans, cyclist extraordinaire.
Assuredly, the size of (Cadel) Evans' heart will come to be compared to Phar Lap.
Something quite special has played out in the picturesque valleys and mountains, towns and villages of France over the past three weeks. For all who appreciate sport, it was a privilege and an inspiration to watch.
It is the manner of (Cadel) Evan's triumph that has particularly endeared him to his countrymen and women... Australians place a premium on persistence in adversity... His win in the year's tour was much more than an exhibition of pure sporting talent; it was a display of grit that will long be treasured by all who saw it.