Andrew Forrest
Andrew Forrest
John Andrew Henry Forrest, better known as Andrew Forrest or by his nickname Twiggy Forrest, is a Western Australian mining magnate currently a non-executive chairman and previously the chief executive officer of Fortescue Metals Group...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryAustralia
Andrew Forrest quotes about
attracted excel five four university western
I'd like to see the University of Western Australia and the other four or five universities in Western Australia really excel through having some of the greatest minds in the world attracted to it.
billions lives slowly social thousands trying wasted
Disparity is Australia's worst social problem. Thousands of lives are slowly being crushed, while billions are wasted on thousands of little initiatives trying to 'close the gap.'
people tend
Wealthy people in Australia tend to give, and give very quietly.
against change owning skewed taxation
We really need to change taxation policy so that it is not skewed against owning more than one house.
attitude faith government leadership major outside population
We do need an attitude of leadership in our government which demonstrates faith in major population centres outside of Perth.
encourages structured
Tax can be structured in a way that actually encourages investment in infrastructure and encourages investment in Australia from overseas.
If you know that something is true and just, and you give up, that's when you fail.
kids men women
I'd like to keep our kids in their schools. I'd like to keep our young men and women in jobs.
family time
I will always put family first. Every time I haven't, I have regretted it and apologised.
believe church god jesus
I don't necessarily go to church every week, but I am a Christian, and I believe in God and Jesus Christ.
aboriginal chance companies mining
All industry, not just the mining industry, can get out and give Aboriginal companies a chance.
develop huge kick life love since
My greatest love in life is to develop projects. I just get a huge kick out of that. I've been doing it since ever I could.
ambiguity found gone holy quite wherever
Wherever we've gone around the world, we've found quite significant gaps: the holy texts, no matter which one you turn to, has ambiguity in it around slavery. That, we knew, was being used as justification by slavers all over the world.
alice believer benefits collect crack home industry mining port though wants
I happen to be a big believer in home ownership. I'm also a big believer that if someone wants to have a crack at the mining industry in Port Hedland, then they should be able to collect their... benefits in Port Hedland even though they are from Alice Springs. It should be mobile.