Tough Quotes by Quentin Bryce

The thing we often forget to talk about, or perhaps we take for granted, is our country’s dazzling beauty. Our natural environment is so…

— Quentin Bryce

Begun as a girl from a little country town in central western Queensland, inspired by noble ideas of justice, about fairness, about making the…

— Quentin Bryce

Livelihoods and whole communities throughout the Murray-Darling Basin have been imperilled by the workings of drought, fire, flood, acid mud and human action over…

— Quentin Bryce

I didn't have any Indigenous friends until I was in my 30s, and I'll always remember and be inspired by the remarkable friendship I…

— Quentin Bryce

I think we have to keep working enormously hard to see that every single Indigenous child - every Australian child - has true equality…

— Quentin Bryce

I've never owned a pair of jeans, but I had a fantastic denim boiler-suit and it got a lot of wearing.

— Quentin Bryce

For a very long time now I've been saying to young women, 'You can have it all, but not all at the same time.'…

— Quentin Bryce

Yes, you can have it all, but not all at the same time. Set your own priorities, trust your gut and follow your heart.

— Quentin Bryce

I believe the old boys' network is a powerful one. No one gives up power and privilege willingly, do they?

— Quentin Bryce

One of the most enjoyable things I do at Government House and when I travel around Australia is to talk with children. I tell…

— Quentin Bryce

The bonds that women share around the world, wherever we come from, they're very powerful and they have an ease of communication because we…

— Quentin Bryce

My mother played the piano and my father the violin, I can remember my dad teaching me how to waltz; I had my feet…

— Quentin Bryce