Help me remember this quote!

November 6, 2006 2:24 PM

What comedian/movie/tv show/book is this quote about the phrase "no worries" from?

Paraphrased it goes something like this:

I don't say "no worries" because it implies that there's no worries anywhere in the world. That's simply not true.

Google is failing me because I think my memory mangled some parts of the quote. Bonus points if you can quote it properly. Thanks!

posted by saraswati to media & arts (6 comments total)

Crocodile Dundee?
posted by Sassyfras at 3:21 PM on November 6, 2006

Perhaps it's from "The Last Continent" by Terry Pratchett?
posted by pantsrobot at 4:03 PM on November 6, 2006

hakuna matata! it means "no worries". Lion King.
posted by CrazyJoel at 6:17 PM on November 6, 2006 [1 favorite has favorites]

It's just a generic Australian term of reassurance, popularized in the US by Crocodile Dundee long before Lion King.
posted by commander_cool at 6:57 PM on November 6, 2006

I don't think I was clear enough. The quote I'm looking for the origin on is the one I said behind the cut:

"I don't say 'no worries' because it implies that there's no worries anywhere in the world. That's simply not true."

I know the origin of "no worries", looking for the quote above. Thanks
posted by saraswati at 7:30 PM on November 6, 2006

Bill Bryson's In A Sunburned Country might be the source. I don't have the book with me but I remember he comments on Australia's fondness for the quote.
posted by Dagobert at 11:49 PM on November 6, 2006