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…

— Quentin Bryce

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

— 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…

— 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…

— Quentin Bryce

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

— 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…

— Quentin Bryce

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

— 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.…

— 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…

— Quentin Bryce

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

— Quentin Bryce

I think that young Australians ought to be taking language education much more seriously. I mean, you know, every day I'm meeting…

— Quentin Bryce

The Australian way of affirmative action is setting goals and recognising discrimination and lack of opportunity and deciding to take action and…

— Quentin Bryce

The aboriginal women leaders of Papunya - the Papunya Artists - performed a dance for me: the Honey Ant dance. They'd never…

— Quentin Bryce

It's a great privilege and an honour to have the experiences and opportunities that I do to meet extraordinary Australians right across…

— Quentin Bryce

I think there's a very clear recognition and understanding that the progress of women in business at the very highest decision-making levels…

— Quentin Bryce

Maternity leave and parental leave is absolutely vital for strengthening families. It's an issue for men and women.

— Quentin Bryce

I support affirmative action. I support special measures when you need it.

— Quentin Bryce

All women need support when they're having their babies and their little families are in formation. I have to say I have…

— Quentin Bryce

Graduation day was a milestone in the most important journey of all - to the centre of oneself.

— Quentin Bryce

Again and again, I learn how much friendship enriches my life, bringing warmth, assurance, humour, inspiration, a sense of security. It depends…

— Quentin Bryce

Seek out a person whom you admire and respect for the support you need - that we all need from time to…

— Quentin Bryce

When a woman is fit and healthy, everything else falls into place. We are conditioned to put others first, that 'burnt chop…

— Quentin Bryce

We all go back to our roots. My father went to the central west, went to Ilfracombe in 1919. He was the…

— Quentin Bryce