Gerry Harvey Quotes

Gerry Harvey
Australian Businessman
Born: Sep 18, 1939
Because Business Internet People Think You
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I'm probably not your typical business person in many ways. I don't wear a suit. I don't carry a briefcase. I don't wear a tie. I'm fairly casual. I haven't got a big office, and it's in a very ordinary part of town. I'd much prefer to downplay than impress. Gerry Harvey
Business Big Impress Typical Ways Carry Wear Casual Part Town Fairly Tie Got Very Than Office Person Ordinary Prefer Much Your Business Person Many Downplay Briefcase Suit
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
Better Society Better Off Disadvantaged Supposed Look Without Been Off After Them Might Help
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
You Charity Tomorrow Community Back Out Give Could Argue Putting Go Dollars Just Anything Help Homeless Wasted Million Million Dollars
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! Gerry Harvey
Day Will Live Lunch Other Rupert Murdoch He Talking Said Maybe Actually Thinks
I still have a fear about going broke. I always think about it. Gerry Harvey
Fear Think Broke About Always Still Going
People don't just come to work to make money; they need satisfaction. Gerry Harvey
Work People Money Come Make Just Satisfaction Need
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. Gerry Harvey
Quality People Better School Problems Later Kids Better Quality Develop Individuals Go Get Dependent Them Less Workplace
I get a lot of comments from people that I'm just an ordinary bloke. They immediately feel they have a closer relationship with you; they relate to you. Gerry Harvey
Relationship You People Relate Immediately Feel Bloke Lot Comments Get Closer Just Ordinary
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
Health You Conversation Mind Active Enough Say Eat Someone Having Stuff Look Exercise Around After Might Your Keep Right
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
Day You People Money End Of The Day Sunday Lost Difficult Per Open Unskilled Opening Hour Make Got Lot End Very Just Paying
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. Gerry Harvey
Strange Problem Internet Interpretation Think Harvey Some Bears Know Greatest Norman Gets Anyone Happens Resemblance Media Actually Thing
Even if you sell the same number of plasma televisions - if you are selling them for 20 or 30 or 40 per cent of the original price, your revenue goes down, and the profit goes with it. Gerry Harvey
You Down Profit Per Price Revenue Sell Selling Same Goes Cent Them Your Original Even Number
I am a commonsense sort of a person, and I don't get carried away with emotion and fears. Gerry Harvey
Fears Carried Emotion Sort Am Person Get Commonsense Away
Importantly, I still give money to homeless people - and all other charities. Gerry Harvey
People Money Other Charities Give Still Importantly Homeless
What I think is that we should be helping people so they can reach an even greater potential. Gerry Harvey
People Think Potential Reach Greater Should Helping Helping People Even
I'll be amazed in my lifetime if my business gets to being 5 per cent online. Gerry Harvey
Business Per Online Lifetime Amazed Gets Being Cent
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. Gerry Harvey
Business Market Scale Cost Small Higher Part Australia Very Lack Compared
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
Business Will Think Out Would Per Online Fact Over Most Go Traditional In Fact Cent
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. Gerry Harvey
Fight Walk Think Something Wrong Always Proved Been Apologise Away Right
Everybody, be they female, whatever your religion, whatever your nationality, you're an individual, and if you perform well, we want you, and if you don't, we don't. Gerry Harvey
Religion You Whatever Everybody Individual Perform Well Female Nationality Want Your

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