Gerry Harvey

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. ”

I know people like myself where we've got resorts, or we're in the hospitality business, and we just can't make money because you're paying someone minimum $42 per hour or something on a Sunday. ”

I'll be amazed in my lifetime if my business gets to being 5 per cent online. ”

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. ”

There is no Internet business in furniture or bedding. Zero - practically in the world. ”

We're supposed to be an entrepreneurial company; we're meant to be expanding and looking for opportunities - but the minute you do it, you get your head bashed in. ”

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

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. ”

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. ”

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. ”