Harry Triguboff Quotes
100 Harry Triguboff Quotes
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[In 1949 when he was 14 years of age and left China to go to Australia] When I left I didn’t know if I would see my mother and father again because we were living in China. China was a pretty volatile sort of place. And I thought I should cry. But I couldn’t cry.
Harry Triguboff
[On crying on leaving Australia at age 14 to go to Australia] I thought it was the right thing to do, but I was so excited at going to Australia, seeing something different.
Harry Triguboff
[In 2010] I paid for an assembly hall and they called it in my father’s name. So I came to the opening and I was asked to say a few words. But instead of saying a few words, I started to weep. Funny, you see, it’s a delayed reaction. We can’t express ourselves always at the time we should. Sometimes it takes time.
Harry Triguboff
[On succession plan’s for the Meriton empire in 2010] The wife won’t do it, the daughters don’t want to do it. In the next generation there are four of them. I hope they will do it, yes. [In the future] I would like to see the people here still working here. And it’d like to see the family owning the business.
Harry Triguboff
Maybe the share market hasn’t been as kind to them as they thought it would be…
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[On tourism in Australian in 2010] The way we see housing today, it’s is not only for investors to buy, it is also for tourists to come and use. Because when I look at the number of tourists that come to Australia, the numbers are very small compared with the rest of the world. So I believe there is a very big future for tourism here.
Harry Triguboff
The government should spend more time on promoting tourism in Sydney. They are doing a good job in promoting Surfers on the Gold Coast, but they should also do the same in Sydney.
Harry Triguboff
By allowing you to rent your apartment from your SMSF, the government will benefit because when the SMSF sells the property it receives a 10 percent capital gains tax as opposed to zero when your principal home is sold.
Harry Triguboff
[On Julia Gillard in 2010] She is a genius at handling her coalition partners,. She is a genius in the way she called the election at the right time. So I think from that point of view she is a very clever woman. I have great respect for her in the way she handles the situation.
Harry Triguboff
I’m easy. Very easy. I’ll tell you why I am easy. If someone is no good, I get rid of them. It is no good being tough on somebody who can’t do the job. If he can do the job then there is no point in being tough with him.
Harry Triguboff
My idea is that I shouldn’t make it too hard for anyone. If I make it too hard for someone, I am doing the wrong thing. Because if it is hard for him, he can’t perform as well as he could if I was reasonable.
Harry Triguboff
I fire very little because I try to be very careful when I select people. If you know how to select, you don’t fire often.
Harry Triguboff
These days I don’t get angry much. I found it good anyway because I get it out of my system, then I forget about it. I forget about it in two minutes. That’s the way I get rid of my steam.
Harry Triguboff
Any goddamn fool can build things better but go broke.
Harry Triguboff
I have a lot of things to do. And I like the people here, I like doing things here, so I come.
Harry Triguboff
The newspapers were against me. They were telling me that the Australian dream was a home. But that dream became worse and worse as they had to live further away from the city. My dream became better as we could build higher and higher.
Harry Triguboff
I have my own rules.
Harry Triguboff
I only like to be involved where there are problems. Where there are problems I come with an instant solution and it’s always wrong. It doesn’t matter. I get all the people around me and I make them all think at once with me and I promise you our solution is always the best.
Harry Triguboff
I still believe that bricks and mortar are the strongest investment.
Harry Triguboff
[On retirement] They’ll have to carry me out.
Harry Triguboff
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