Kerry Packer Quotes

“The good news is there's no devil. The bad news is there's no heaven. There's nothing.”

— Kerry Packer

“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'.”

— Kerry Packer

“I don't want to be left behind. In fact, I want to be here before the action starts.”

— Kerry Packer

“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.”

— Kerry Packer

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.

— Kerry Packer

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.

— Kerry Packer

“He wasn't very lovable but he was bloody efficient. (Packer talking about Genghis Khan)”

— Kerry Packer

“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.”

— Kerry Packer

“You only get one Alan Bond in your lifetime. And I've had mine”

— Kerry Packer

“I pay the tax I am required to pay, 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 they're not spending it that well that we should be donating extra.”

— Kerry Packer

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— Kerry Packer

“Life isn't a dress rehearsal”

— Kerry Packer