A biography for Frank Lowyhasn’t been written yet.
“The loss of my father was the most traumatic event in my life - I can't forget the pain.”
“I have no fear about the future for retail investors.”
“It was very frustrating when I was president of Hakoah. You could not make any headway. We couldn't attract the public because it was an ethnic game. Australians were not interested.”
“All my life from a young man I have worked very hard and I enjoyed it very much and I was really afraid with what I would do when I no longer had the responsibility.”
“If I had stuck to my knitting, I would have had a wonderful career having a delicatessen in Blacktown.”
“So you've got to test the envelope, find out what are your abilities and if you falter, pick yourself up and test it again. Otherwise, what is it all about, you know?”
“As a teenager I became a boat person - a refugee - as I made my way to Palestine.”
“I believe in a big Australia. I am an advocate for an ambitious immigration program.”
“I knew that Britain and the United States were beacons of freedom and democracy at a time when my life - and Western civilisation itself - was at grave risk.”
“I don't think of myself as a hard man, but other people may think otherwise. You know you have obligations to do the best you can for people, for your job, for your shareholders... it all has to be balanced between the hardness and the softness.”
“The human being is very resourceful. When you fight for survival, you don't think much; you just do. If you think too much, you sink.”
“What is it to enjoy life? Sit at the beach? No. What it is is that you have to do something, you have be productive, make a contribution to the society, to the family, to yourself.”
“My family are big philanthropists, but not at putting big money into sport. Today sport is professional. It has to support itself or it won't exist. It cannot depend on a few wealthy people making donations.”
“So many times I wanted to go to Auschwitz, but I couldn't take up the courage to go there.”
“The word 'no' is not for me. I don't hear it. You always have to try again and again.”
“All I was looking for is to be successful. I had the opportunity with Australia, with what it provided for me economically.”