Frank Lowy

“To imagine a better life for yourself and your family and to leave behind all that is familiar requires a special kind of courage.”

“I work all the time; whatever I do, I do it, and I don't necessarily look at it as work. You could say the Auschwitz project was work, or the Lowy Institute is work, or Westfield is work, or the football is work. It is life.”

“We are focusing too much on the problems and forgetting about the opportunities of immigration. Let us learn from our history. Immigration has been great for Australia in the past. I believe it will be great for Australia in the future.”

“Life has its ups and downs, but you can only look forward.”

“In football, in football clubs, there are many decisions that don't make business sense. Yes, there is always a lot of emotion involved.”

“As a boy I stood at the doorway of our hiding place in Budapest and watched Russian troops fight house by house to liberate the city and therefore rescue us from certain death.”

“From morning when I wake up until I go to sleep, I am working. I go to bed and I want to switch off, but the brain doesn't switch off.”

“When I was a lone soldier I didn't have a penny with me. Everybody was eating hummus with tehina and ate falafel, and I couldn't buy it. I was a little hungry, but I managed.”

“I am 84 years old and have not retired because I feel I have something to contribute.”

“Money is misunderstood. The fact is if you want to be successful - the money will follow you. If you are a doctor, something else will follow you. If you are successful, there is an accompaniment. If your goal is just to make money, you won't succeed. Money is a commodity to use, not to be dictated by.”

“I have... been disturbed by the negative tone of the debate over immigration... there is a rising crescendo of opinion from columnists and politicians saying we should reduce our immigration intake.”

“Democracy needs to be nurtured and treated with care.”

“The loss of my father marked my life. I'm 88 years old and I'm still mourning him because it's such a drama for me. It was just after my bar mitzvah and it was so tragic. The effect on me, I carry it all my life.”

“I did a lot during my lifetime and I think it is time to make a change to my life at a young age of 87.”

“I was in Australia for many years. And the system there is a two-party system and the government changes from time to time.”

“I don't remember all my successes, but I do remember failures.”

“I wanted to build a family very strongly because I lost my family when I was 15, 14, and I missed the family unit very much.”

“We need to give the prime minister of the day a chance. If he or she cannot win an election, so be it. But no prime minister can push through the reforms we need if they cannot even finish a term in office.”

“The game needs to be funded by sponsors, by members, by broadcasters. There needs to be a commercial relationship between the FFA and the people who supply the money so it is a natural alliance. Sport is not a charity.”

“As a child I learned what it meant to be persecuted. But, even then, at the worst of times, I knew there was good in the world.”