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INTRODUCTION

Anybody that doesn't know Mr Quinn from school (Maths B!!!) may not really understand this page, however, I'm sure if you are in his class, you will find it quite amusing.

I've translated some of them underneath the actual quote, if they need translated...

 FEATURED QUOTE: 
"You don't keep a dog and bark as well"
- Don't use your calculator when you don't have to

QUINN PHILOSOPHY

"See Cathy Freeman on TV the other day? She say anything?
Painters paint, engineers make things, runners run
They don't talk."
- Mr Quinn's opinion on talking

"You can't see the forest because of the trees"
- you're getting blocked by one little thing

"You've got to get rid of all the branches and see what sort of tree it is underneath"
- Mr Quinn's philosophy on solving Maths Application questions.

"We'll have to throw some of you back because you're undersized"
- you don't meet the mark

"There's a few red herrings in here"
- there are a few hard problems in this set of exercises

"Don't think, just do"
- this is Mr Quinn's main philosophy for doing maths problems

"There's no future in getting it wrong"

"You've gotta come up for air and take a look at what you're doing!"
- sit back and look at the actual method for doing these problems

"These are just confidence boosters"
- these problems are easy and are there just to make you feel good because you can actually do them

"You don't have to have a big hook to catch some fish"
- the problem looks harder than it actually is

"All trees are green"
- all these maths problems are the same to do

"All flowers are red"

"Do as I do, not as I say"

"They won't let you on the road 'till you know your rules"
- you can't do these until you learn the rules.

AIMED AT PEOPLE

QUOTES AIMED AT ROBERT

Mr Quinn picks on one person in the class named Robert. Here is a few things that he says to Robert...

• Mr Quinn (to Robert): "How are you finding these problems?"
  Robert: "They're easy"
  Mr Quinn: "Nothing's easy for you, Robert"
  

• (When Robert gets a question correct): "Are you being clever, Robert?? Well, that's a change."
  

• (Mr Quinn addressing the class): "Well, that was an easy one. Did you get that Robert?"
  

• "Robert, are you with us, or have you flown away for a while?"
  

• (Mr Quinn addressing the class): "Robert's like an old motorbike - you have to kickstart him"
  

• "Robert, get with it or I'll have to shake you till all your bits fall off"
  

• Robert: "How do you do this, Sir?"
  Mr Quinn: "You have a go"
  

• Robert was asking Mr Quinn if it was OK to do a problem a different way that what Mr Quinn says. To which Mr Quinn replies:
  "You're relying on intuition, Robert. If it crashes, you crash."

MR QUINN ABOUT ROBERT & CALCULATORS...Mr Quinn has an obsession with commenting on Robert and using a calculator

• "Don't drop your calculator, Robert - you'll be in all sorts of trouble"
  

• When Robert gets a question wrong: "Don't tell me your calculator got it wrong!"
  

• Robert asks if we are allowed to use calculators for a particular problem: "Well, you could use your calculator, but well...........there's something on your shoulders you should use as well"
  

• When we move onto the graphing unit in maths: "Well, Robert, you'll have to get a graphics calculator before you can do these sums!"
  

• HQ: "You didn't use your calculator today, did you? You use it every other day."
  Genni: "Did he get it right?"
  HQ: "NO!" (deep thundering, resonant voice)
  

QUOTES AIMED AT SOME OTHERS AS WELL...

Of course, Robert's not the only one he has things to comment about:

• To Bradley: "OK, Bradley, let's see what you get wrong today"
  

• Mr Quinn said this to Simon (SCRUB), when he was a bit annoyed at him: "Just keep your head down, Simon...if you raise it up, I'll knock it off"
  

• To Bradley: "What have you done today, Bradley - hiding down ehre under your shell. That's the problem with these turtles"
  

• To Julie: "Did you get it right? You didn't? Well, you look very pleased about it!"
  

• To Jeff English: "You pathetic boy!"
  

• "Alice, are you on top of things today?.......you are?......well, that's surprising
  

• "Who got that answer?.....Bronwyn?.....Has she got any credibility at all?
  

• "Callum, you've taken your hat off and now you don't know what to do with your head!"
  

• "Come on, Oliver - you too can experience the properties of logs!"
  

• "We might ask someone who knows..........David Moore?" (sarcastically)
  

• To Trudy: "You're the roundup girl" (When she rounded off her answer a bit much)
  

• Genni wanted an extra mark for her exam: "You're a sad soul, ay! I can't do anything for you, ay!" (When she rounded off her answer a bit much)
  

• Addressing the class: "You've got 10 seconds to do this problem."
  2 seconds later: "Too slow, Oliver!" (with a chuckle)

CONVERSATIONS IN TRUE MR QUINN STYLE
Coming soon...KENNY IVES incident

Someone asks "Sir, do you have the answer to this question?
HQ: "I don't need them - I can work them out myself"

• HQ: "Come inside, Lizzie, you're missing an INVIGORATING lesson"
  Lizzie: "I'd bet!"
  HQ: "You'd bet? You've got an attitude problem!"
  

• HQ: "Bradley, what are you doing over there?"
  Brad: "I'm just asking Matthew a question"
  HQ: "You were not. You're an absolute scoundrel !"

OTHER LITTLE SNIPPETS

• "You do 'em your way and I'll mark 'em my way"
  

• "Rabbits like you are hopping ahead of us"
  

• "It's a matter of horses for courses"
  

• "You've fallen into the trap"
  

• "These are jolly blighters!"
  

• "What?" (high voice)
  

• "Hoi!"
  

• (with breath, not voice...) "hoo"
  

• (before an exam...) "Clear the decks, people!"
  

• "It's a nifty little switch"
  

• Cameron draws a graph on the board.
  HQ: "Right. Let's wipe Cameron's graph out. That's one of the best things we can do!"
  

• "There's a barrier to knowledge at the moment"
  

• "Play in your own backyard"
  

• "If you keep this up, I'll drop kick you into the middle of next week!"
  

• "Write in your homework book....BRING BRAINS TOMORROW"
  

• "You're falling for every trick in the book!"
  

• You're doing these problems in your head. If you looked in the mirror, you'd realise it's probably not such a great idea.
  

• "I'm going to give you some questions, but I'm not going to show you how to do them"
  

• "Look at you, down here at the monkey stalls at the front"

• "Don't talk sideways"
  

• "I'll start kicking backsides around here, and any that don't bounce will get thrown off the end of the verandah!"
  

• "Not me!" (innocent look)
  

• "I don't even eat cornflakes in case the corn comes from Atherton!"
  

• "I don't like this exercise, because you have to be able to remember the quadratic formula, and I can't. What is it?....... negative b or something?
  

• "Theres much fun to be had!"
  

• "When I want you to think for yourself, I'll tell you"
  

• (talking about the movie "Bambi" - in a chortling tone) "It's a heartwarming story"
  

• Jeff said he's going to Canada next year: "Well, that'll harm international relations!"
  

• "You won't pass if you don't hand this assignment in, but you may not pass if you do..."
  

• "We're missing a few people, they must have got lost on the way"
  

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