When youre asked/told to come to Canberra by your Prime Minister, in the country I grow up in, you obey that.
Andrew ForrestId 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.
Andrew ForrestThis is the welfare generation, and that is incredibly sad. That will be judged in history as being far worse, I believe, than the stolen generation, because we are literally losing thousands and thousands of our indigenous brothers and sisters to the effects of welfare – drugs, gunja, low morale, alcoholism. I see it everyday and it can stop. The solution is education, training and a guaranteed opportunity.
Andrew ForrestI don't see why, if you look at how the Australian culture and psyche is, that we can't be amongst the most generous from the grassroots up, nations in the world.
Andrew ForrestYou cannot afford a world with slavery, which literally takes someone and turns them into a machine.
Andrew ForrestI would say to young entrepreneurs and budding philanthropists - are you giving to feel good or do good?
Andrew ForrestI dont necessarily go to church every week, but I am a Christian, and I believe in God and Jesus Christ.
Andrew ForrestGet out of bed, go to school, stick at school. Make it happen for yourself because those opportunities are waiting.
Andrew ForrestYou remove heavy metals out of the ground and you turn that into tables, and houses and bridges and dreams for people in the developing world. I love doing that.
Andrew ForrestWhat I would say is governments need assistance to run their organisations more efficiently just like businesses do.
Andrew ForrestThe most generous part of your philanthropy could be the time you put in to procure the same results and same outcomes and same returns you demand in business.
Andrew Forrest