Gerry Harvey Quotes

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Gerry Harvey

Profession : Businessman

Birth : September 18, 1939

If a company in Australia has to pay tax and the other one doesn't, of course it's a disadvantage.

Gerry Harvey

All I can say to you, if you look after your health, eat the right stuff, do enough exercise, keep your mind active, you might be around when you're 100 having this conversation with someone.

Gerry Harvey

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.

Gerry Harvey

You've got to open on a Sunday, but at the end of the day, you've just lost a lot of money by opening on the Sunday, so it's very, very difficult to make money when you're paying unskilled people $42 per hour.

Gerry Harvey

That's not in my nature to run away - I'll stand up and fight.

Gerry Harvey

Making decisions quickly isn't for everyone, and I've had my disasters, but overall, it works for me.

Gerry Harvey

I was talking to Rupert Murdoch the other day at a lunch, and he said, 'Maybe I'll live to 100'. He actually thinks he will live to 100!

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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.

Gerry Harvey

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.

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You could go out and give a million dollars to a charity tomorrow to help the homeless. You could argue that it is just wasted. They are not putting anything back into the community.

Gerry Harvey

I would think that most of the online business will be conducted by traditional retailers and that over 90 per cent of the e-retailers will, in fact, all go out of business.

Gerry Harvey

There are plenty of people smarter than you by a long way. I just got lucky.

Gerry Harvey

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.

Gerry Harvey

I still have a fear about going broke. I always think about it.

Gerry Harvey

At the end of the day, the more quality individuals you develop in the community, the better off the community should be.

Gerry Harvey

People don't just come to work to make money; they need satisfaction.

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I try to develop others. I get a great deal of joy out of helping people who, over the years, I've spent a lot of time mentoring - and just trying to get them to another level.

Gerry Harvey

You get that air of satisfaction from achievement. It makes you feel good. We are only here for a very short time, and so you're crazy if you don't go out and try to milk it to the greatest extent you can.

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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.

Gerry Harvey

I believe you should help people.

Gerry Harvey