Top 12 Quotes & Sayings by Kerry Packer

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Australian businessman Kerry Packer.
Last updated on November 18, 2024.
Kerry Packer

Kerry Francis Bullmore Packer was an Australian media tycoon, and was considered one of Australia's most powerful media proprietors of the twentieth century. The Packer family company owned a controlling interest in both the Nine Network and the publishing company Australian Consolidated Press, which were later merged to form Publishing and Broadcasting Limited (PBL). Outside Australia, Packer was best known for founding World Series Cricket. At the time of his death, he was the richest and one of the most influential men in Australia. In 2004, Business Review Weekly magazine estimated Packer's net worth at A$6.5 billion.

I agree completely with my son James when he says 'Internet is like electricity. The latter lights up everything, while the former lights up knowledge'.
The good news is there's no devil. The bad news is there's no heaven. There's nothing.
You only get one Alan Bond in your lifetime. And I've had mine — © Kerry Packer
You only get one Alan Bond in your lifetime. And I've had mine
The fact that I have entered into IT-related business is proof that businesses have to evolve and keep with time. One has to re-invent continuously.
If a working class Englishman saw a bloke drive past in a Rolls-Royce, he'd say to himself "Come the social revolution and we'll take that away from you, mate". Whereas if his American counterpart saw a bloke drive past in a Cadillac he'd say "One day I'm going to own one of those". To my way of thinking the first attitude is wrong. The latter is right.
He wasn't very lovable but he was bloody efficient. (Packer talking about Genghis Khan)
I pay whatever tax I am required to pay under the law, not a penny more, not a penny less... if anybody in this country doesn't minimize their tax they want their heads read because as a government I can tell you you're not spending it that well that we should be donating extra.
There is a lot more young Indian entrepreneurs can do if they are given the money. They have the idea, and I would just like to help them realise it.
Never complain, never explain personal motto of
I don't want to be left behind. In fact, I want to be here before the action starts.
Life isn't a dress rehearsal
If a British guy saw someone at the wheel of a Rolls- Royce, he'd say 'come the revolution and we'll take that away from you, mate', where the American would say 'one day I'll have one of those, when I have worked hard enough'. It's unfortunate we Australians inherited the British mentality.
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