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

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

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

Never complain, never explain personal motto of

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

Life isn't a dress rehearsal

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.

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'.

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.

What you are looking for is not out there. It is inside of you. You just have to reveal it.

Life was simple before World War II. After that, we had systems.

Personal style is accepting who you are.

Life is full of miracles, but they're not always the ones we pray for.

Often, I visualize a quicker, like almost a ghost runner, ahead of me with a quicker stride.

When people are really great at what they do there is no aggression because they are comfortable in their own skin. They know themselves well enough that you don't have anything to prove.

Tell me, why do former young designers who are now in their middle 40s have to redo the 1960s and 70s. Why they cannot invent fashion for today?

The market is like the police: of course you need it, but if it becomes the central organizing principle of your culture then you're in deep trouble.

If I have any worth, it is to live my life for God so as to teach these peoples; even though some of them still look down on me.

Nothing I can say or devise, and nothing anybody else can say or devise, is going to be perfect.