Queensland Quotes

My name is Kevin, I'm from Queensland, and I'm here to help. (Kevin Rudd)
Early in 1954 I was appointed Lecturer in Economics at the University of Queensland in Brisbane. Then, in 1956, I was awarded a Rockefeller Fellowship, enabling me and Anne to spend two years at Stanford University, where I got a Ph.D. in economics, whereas Anne got an M.A. in psychology. I had the good fortune of having Ken Arrow as advisor and as dissertation supervisor. I benefitted very much from discussing many finer points of economic theory with him. But I also benefitted substantially by following his advice to spend a sizable part of my Stanford time studying mathematics and statistics. These studies proved very useful in my later work in game theory. View quote
John Harsanyi
What happened in Queensland is that people are facing high unemployment relative to other states - 5.7 per cent when I last checked. View quote
Campbell Newman
I grew up in Queensland, and my dad was a tradesman and my mum an insurance agent, both self-employed. View quote
Grant Bowler
We should all live in central or southwest Queensland in Australia, which is geologically stable. Or Kansas or Nebraska, because it's relatively geologically stable. I am sure there is no emergency plan for Topeka. View quote
Simon Winchester
In about 1975-76, I lived with a woman in a little hut with some fruit trees, and I had some of the most extraordinary, happy times of my life. Apart from the horrendous Queensland police, who were corrupt and venal, it really was like living in paradise. View quote
Peter Carey
To Australian Aborigines, during a visit to Queensland, 2002: "Do you still throw spears at each other?" View quote
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh