Best Kerry Packer Quotes & Sayings

Life isn't a dress rehearsal — 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

The good news is there's no devil. The bad news is there's no heaven. There's nothing. — Kerry Packer

[I]f Modi is toast, it will in one sense be a tremendous pity. In his way, he represents a third generation in cricket's governance. For a hundred years and more, cricket was run by administrators, who essentially maintained the game without going out of their way to develop it. More recently it has been run by managers, with just an ounce or two of strategic thought. Modi was neither; he was instead a genuine entrepreneur. He has as much feeling for cricket as Madonna has for madrigals, but perhaps, because he came from outside cricket's traditional bureaucratic circles, he brought a vision and a common touch unexampled since Kerry Packer. — Gideon Haigh

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

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

Remarks such as 'great Australian', 'larger than life' are sometimes used where they are not appropriate. But in the case of Kerry Packer both of those descriptions are entirely appropriate. He was a great Australian, he was a larger than life character and in so many ways he left his mark on the Australian community over a very long career in business, particularly in the media and also that other great passion of his, Australian sport — John Howard

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

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

You only get one Alan Bond in your lifetime. And I've had mine — Kerry Packer

I don't want to be left behind. In fact, I want to be here before the action starts. — Kerry Packer

Cricket the world over, I don't think, will ever know how different things would be without Kerry Packer. — Tony Greig

Never complain, never explain personal motto of — 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