Max Walker Quotes and Sayings - Page 1

“I used to want to be a lawyer, but I didn't want to have half my brain sucked out.”
-- Max Walker

#Insomnia Quotes #Brain Quotes #Half Quotes
“Given how well the cards have been dealt to someone like myself, I think there's an inherent obligation to try to reach out and make a difference.”
-- Max Walker

#Thinking Quotes #Differences Quotes #Making A Difference Quotes
“When I go and speak now at all sorts of conferences, later in the night there's always a better Maxie Walker than me. Billy Birmingham's legendary for basically being able to verbally kneecap any of a number of Australia's characters, particularly in the commentary box.”
-- Max Walker

#Character Quotes #Night Quotes #Numbers Quotes
“I was good at football and cricket at school. My dad said, 'Son, be an architect,' and I came to Melbourne passionate about becoming an architect.”
-- Max Walker

#Football Quotes #Dad Quotes #School Quotes
“Fame and fortune should never get in front of your passion. The passion will generate the fame and fortune, if you're good enough.”
-- Max Walker

#Passion Quotes #Fame Quotes #Good Enough Quotes
“Norm Smith personally came and signed me up to the Melbourne Football Club. The fact that I then played cricket for Melbourne Cricket Club - the footy club didn't like it that much.”
-- Max Walker

#Football Quotes #Clubs Quotes #Facts Quotes
“My sister died and my mum was really distant, as you do - you don't expect your offspring to die before you. I thought I was bulletproof up until that stage.”
-- Max Walker

#My Sister Quotes #Stage Quotes #Mum Quotes
“It's been amazing to step out of a bottle of ink on to an iPad. There's no better time than right now to embrace this fabulous sandpit of technology. Because intuitively, at the touch of a finger, most of it is possible.”
-- Max Walker

#Technology Quotes #Ipads Quotes #Ink Quotes
“I practised as an architect for 10 years. I qualified in 1973 with a fellowship diploma of architecture. World Series Cricket gave me the freedom to go out and pursue architecture.”
-- Max Walker

#Years Quotes #World Quotes #Fellowship Quotes
“About 1998, when 'Wide World of Sports' and the 'Footy Show' came to an end for me, I couldn't type. When I started architecture, it was a very aesthetic, creative, an almost art process, where lettering and thick line were how you expressed yourself on the paper.”
-- Max Walker

#Sports Quotes #Art Quotes #Creative Quotes
“One of the most obvious parts of my character is the smile, and if I wasn't comfortable in myself then I wouldn't be able to smile so much.”
-- Max Walker

#Character Quotes #Able Quotes #Obvious Quotes
“My father Big Max told me many years ago that 'anything you are good at will contribute to your happiness'. Great advice.”
-- Max Walker

#Motivation Quotes #Father Quotes #Years Quotes
“Were all crazy and the only difference between patients and their therapists is the therapists havent been caught yet.”
-- Max Walker

#Crazy Quotes #Differences Quotes #Patient Quotes
“I try and open a few doors to the mind, encourage people to embrace change and to stretch their capabilities.”
-- Max Walker

#Doors Quotes #People Quotes #Mind Quotes
“I was the son of a publican and a master builder. He ran the Empire Hotel in North Hobart. His name was Max, too. Big Max.”
-- Max Walker

#Son Quotes #Names Quotes #Max Quotes

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