James Packer Quotes

120 James Packer Quotes

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I prefer to be sitting on the beach, but I can’t. I want to be a billionaire.
James Packer

My father used to think the word legend was tossed around far too often. I want to say today that in the opinion of his family, my father was a legend.
James Packer

[On Al ‘Chainsaw’ Dunlap] He has shown me how hard you can push people.
James Packer

If I sat back and decided to sell the product of my father and my grandfather’s work, like a leech, you know I wouldn’t be able to look at myself in the mirror… I want to be able to look at my father in ten years’ time and say, ‘I’m proud of you, and you should be proud of me.’
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I just can’t stand it any more. Kerry gets sick but then he always seems to get better. I think he has nine lives.
James Packer

My father’s been involved in PBL the whole time, whenever his health has permitted it and sometimes when his health hasn’t permitted it.
James Packer

I may be a f*ckwit but I’m not a liar.
James Packer

I have a million small memories that will sustain me through my life.
James Packer

My father is an iconic figure and I just think it’s totally inappropriate to compare myself with him. My father was a legendary Australian.
James Packer

We have twenty-four hour onsite counselling at Crown. We are the only casino in the world to have done this, and we did this for good karma reasons. Not because we had too.
James Packer



My dad used to say to me I was a bigger gambler than him because I was a bigger gambler in business. Which might have been a nice way of saying not as good at business as he was.
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[On being told he would have to deny his father of these days] I know, but not yet.
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You are the only genuine one here.
James Packer

[To Al ‘Chainsaw’ Dunlap] I wan to learn from you because Dad says you’re the best.
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My life is over. I’ve broken up with Tania.
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Mum couldn’t leave Dad.
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Dad won’t like this, Dad won’t like that.
James Packer

Well, you can’t close it down because my father has a special relationship with Julie.
James Packer

The old man told me to ring… this is the message. If we don’t win the casino, you guys are f*cked.
James Packer

It is not our fault if the probity of the Leighton-Showboat consortium comes under question.
James Packer



I’m an ambitious person.
James Packer

[On why he wouldn’t just put his father’s billions in the bank and live off the interest] I’m an ambitious person. I mean, if I did that… I would self-destruct, in the sense that the decadence would be too strong an attraction for me. Whether that be in the form of gambling, fast cars, alcohol, drugs, whatever it happens to be… I think the lure of that lifestyle would be too strong.
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What the f*ck have you said to Dad?
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You don’t like my family, do you?
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Look, I’ve been given this job because I’m Dad’s son.
James Packer

Jodee [Rich], I love you. You have bought me my independence. I am practically a billionaire now without any of my father’s money.
James Packer

Dad thinks we should get the Murdochs involved.
James Packer

It was not a hardship for me… because I always considered CPH me anyway.
James Packer

That was the only way I could get him to agree.
James Packer

One.Tel has done far better than I ever expected. It could make me a billionaire in my own right.
James Packer



You’ve given me independence from my father.
James Packer

One.Tel has made me a success. I keep telling them I told you so.
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[To Kate Fischer] If you don’t give up smoking, I’ll leave you and we’ll never see each other again.
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Yes, but I’m scared she’d say no.
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Marry me. You can have all the money and credit cards you want, and the glory of being Mrs Packer, but you’ve got to let me do what I want.
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You’ve made your choice then.
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Dad says we’ve got to sack someone.
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Now we’re going to show all those doubters that they were wrong. And we’re going to be right on this and we’re going to be vindicated.
James Packer

Sh*thouse. Dad’s very angry about the share price and he’s sure One.Tel will run out of cash.
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One.Tel bought me my independence and now I feel like I’ve given it all up.
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