Queensland Quotes

At least I can say I once worked a day on a tea plantation in Far North Queensland.

Nyree taught me not to trust anyone but Steve quickly corrected that lesson and taught me not to trust everyone.

She'd been fed anti-consumerist bullshit by her parents but didn't understand simple economics.

It seemed, at that point, my greed and cunningness were being rewarded.

This is your chance. Are you going to cower and make excuses or are you going to do what you really want to do?

If you're not happy with yourself, how can you even begin to figure out if another person makes you happy, annoyed, angry, sad and so on.

Someone who lives vicariously will never be truly happy because they're not happy with themselves.

A fight needs at least two fighters. Sometimes you can win straight away by not fighting.

It wasn't a glorious or grand act of misadventure but it was a start. It wasn't what I should have done but it was what I truly wanted to do.

I must have appeared like a real bad boy in Christy's eyes. Well, at least a bad boy by home and away standards.

Honestly, if I stay on this gruelling path, I'm going to end up as another suicide statistic.

I let my initial stance on her prettiness stand and didn't let any superficial thoughts hobble it.

What does that quote mean to you? Can you explain the concept behind it and not just repeat the pretty phrase to me?

It was an impossible achievement but that didn't stop me from trying and having fun.

Most would probably call it a dumb idea, but considering my wants it was a good idea.

It was odd but I couldn't jump the chasm of missing evidence to the conclusion Todd was making.

We smoked the joints down to the roaches and then relaxed beneath the stars to let the drug form dazzling constellations.

It was as if I was automatically one of them because I smoked.

The stretch of Bruce Highway between Gin Gin and Miriam Vale was long and lonesome.

Lighting a cigarette with a sense of achievement for company made the journey worth it.

Besides the gifts, the only thing that gave the headstones colour were the memories family and friends had of the people they represented.

I didn't let what I wanted to do become a made up memory that I looked back on years down the road and wished it was real.

People give up. People settle. People persevere. And you can do all three if you're smart enough.

If I hadn't worked up the courage to talk to Christy, she most likely would have been a pretty face that disappeared back into the crowd.

Your days are only important if you decide to make them important.

It's easy to give up at the beginning of something, but after gaining a bit of momentum it's not as tempting or easy to just give up.

Time is wasted on the young and experience is wasted on the old.

I realised I got anxious because my true aspiration wasn't to become the chief of a multi-billion dollar, multi-national company that created widgets or some shit.

The best experiences can't be forced and they come when you least expect it. You don't find misadventure, it finds you.

I took her word and didn't let my concern for my future ruin the present moment.

Even freedom needs some rules to keep it from being complete chaos.