Quentin Bryce Quotes

The Aboriginal Women Leaders Of Papunya - The Papunya Artists - Performed A Dance For Me: The Honey Ant Dance. They'd Never Done It For Anyone Else. They Honoured Me With A Ceremonial Stick That Signifies The Story Of The Land.

One Of The Most Enjoyable Things I Do At Government House And When I Travel Around Australia Is To Talk With Children. I Tell Them About Our Parliamentary Democracy - And I Often Do That As I'm Walking Into An Executive Council Meeting Next Door!

The Australian Way Of Affirmative Action Is Setting Goals And Recognising Discrimination And Lack Of Opportunity And Deciding To Take Action And Setting Some Goals And Targets. I Guess I Prefer That Language To Talking About Quotas.

I Support Affirmative Action. I Support Special Measures When You Need It.

We All Go Back To Our Roots. My Father Went To The Central West, Went To Ilfracombe In 1919. He Was The Manager Of The Wool Scour There. And, Ilfracombe Was Right At The Heart Of Australia's Great Wool Industry, And My Mother Was A Teacher At Winton.

I've Never Owned A Pair Of Jeans, But I Had A Fantastic Denim Boiler-suit And It Got A Lot Of Wearing.

All Women Need Support When They're Having Their Babies And Their Little Families Are In Formation. I Have To Say I Have A Lot Of Concern About The Numbers Of Women - And Men, Now - Who Are Not Getting The Support That They Need. There Are Not The Families And The Communities Around That There Used To Be.

I Think There's A Very Clear Recognition And Understanding That The Progress Of Women In Business At The Very Highest Decision-making Levels Is Too Slow. This Is A Discussion That's Going On In Every Country Around The World, Actually.

My Mother Played The Piano And My Father The Violin, I Can Remember My Dad Teaching Me How To Waltz; I Had My Feet On His, My Mother Playing The Piano, And My Husband Will Tell You The Lessons Weren't Very Successful.

Begun As A Girl From A Little Country Town In Central Western Queensland, Inspired By Noble Ideas Of Justice, About Fairness, About Making The World A Better Place.

I Think We Have To Keep Working Enormously Hard To See That Every Single Indigenous Child - Every Australian Child - Has True Equality Of Opportunity. Weve Got To Work Harder At It. I Think, You Know, The Heartland Issue For Us Is The Gap; The Gap In Life Expectancy In This Country.

Graduation Day Was A Milestone In The Most Important Journey Of All - To The Centre Of Oneself.