205 Quotes by Rupert Murdoch

Thankfully, Australia has emerged from its inauspicious colonial beginnings to become a proud nation, a nation that overcame those primeval prejudices.

People are playing games on their TV, young men are, and people are shopping... they are not watching their news channels, but they are using their TVs for other things.

At its core, a fair and just society is one where opportunity is open to all - not just those at the top.

My mother just died at 103, so that's a start. You should live 20 years longer than your parents.

You can't have a competitive, egalitarian meritocracy if only some of your citizens have the opportunity for a good education.

People begin to resent the rich only when they conclude that the system is rigged.

Societies or companies that expect a glorious past to shield them from the forces of change driven by advancing technology will fail and fall. That applies as much to my own, the media industry, as to every other business on the planet.

Now if you look at the London 'Times,' you'll find that with quite a number of the photographs, you touch them, and they turn into videos. I think newspapers come alive that way. We talk about 'papers.' We should cut out the word 'paper,' you know? It's 'news organizations.'

I was born in Australia and am proud of my Australian provenance, but I am now an American. Like so many naturalized citizens, I felt that I was an American before I formally became one.