Gerry Harvey Quotes Quotes

I've given away tens of millions of dollars over the years - probably to almost every charity in Australia.
If a company in Australia has to pay tax and the other one doesn't, of course it's a disadvantage.
If I think something is right, I'll fight for it - always have. If it's wrong or I've been proved wrong, I'll walk away, and I'll apologise.
If you are a manufacturer, an Internet company doesn't suit you. An Internet company does not display your product; it can't upsell. But we do a better job than any of the opposition.
If you do genuinely care about people and love them a little, eventually you all have this common goal about where you want to go. They see it, and they believe it, and they become believers with you, and you can achieve wonderful things.
Importantly, I still give money to homeless people - and all other charities.
Kids go to school; we develop them at school. We develop them later on in the workplace so that we get better quality individuals, so that we get less people that are dependent or get into problems.
Making decisions quickly isn't for everyone, and I've had my disasters, but overall, it works for me.
People are out there saying we have to devalue our properties because of the Internet, but it hasn't even come into play!
People don't just come to work to make money; they need satisfaction.
Society might have been better off without them, but we are supposed to look after the disadvantaged, and so we do it. But it doesn't help the society.
Some analysts think people come into our shops and then go and buy the product on the Internet, but the manufacturer knows if the customer can't see the product and assess it, they won't buy.
That's not in my nature to run away - I'll stand up and fight.
The cost to do business in Australia is higher, and the lack of scale is a part of that - Australia is a very small market compared to the U.S.
The internet thing is what I have the greatest problem with. I don't know if anyone in the media gets the internet thing and Harvey Norman. I think they have some strange interpretation of it that bears no resemblance to what actually happens.
The people I know who have retired, so many of them lose interest and die; they just become nobodies overnight.
The political system is broke. It doesn't matter who the leader is if you are frozen in time and your hands are tied. Social media is so strong that minority groups get a huge say.
There are plenty of people smarter than you by a long way. I just got lucky.
There is no Internet business in furniture or bedding. Zero - practically in the world.
We're good at what we do because we're a family - this is in our bloody DNA; this is what we do.
«first‹previous123next›last»
Total Records : 45

Related Books

Author Profile

Votes :
Rating :
AuthorName
Gerry Harvey
Profession
Businessman
BirthDate
18 September, 1939
Country
Australia
View Profile

Share to your friends..

Related Author

Andrew Forrest Anthony Pratt Charlie Bell David Droga Frank Lowy Gerry Harvey Harry Triguboff James Packer James Wolfensohn Kerry Packer Kerry Stokes Nick D'Aloisio Rene Rivkin Robert Stigwood Shi Zhengrong
view more

Popular Topics

Attitude Death Inspirational Life Love Motivational Nature Positive