Alan Sugar Quotes

If you lock me in the room with a piano teacher for a year I might be able to knock out a rendition of 'Roll Out The Barrel,' but will I ever be a concert pianist? No.

It is torment to be segregated out because of some bit of clothing that you're wearing.

My history of lending money from banks is that they want to know the ins and outs of the backside of a duck.

I have no patience at all.

Don't try to blame the rest of the world. The blame only lies with you. Recognize that immediately.

The entrepreneurial instinct is in you. You can't learn it, you can't buy it, you can't put it in a bottle. It's just there and it comes out.

Money is all right but once you have it you learn it's not the be all and end all.

It will take a brave person to cull the benefits system and analyse who deserves and who doesn't.

Well, there's nothing I've done I'm not proud of. Making money was an interest, but it's never been my god.

My idea of government support was, you supply me with hospitals, schools and the environment to do well and that will do me fine. But do not poke your nose in my business.

Start small and with your own money.

Among some of the youngsters, I think reality TV has installed that culture into them and inspired a few of them into wanting to be 'TV celebrities.'

Nobody can honestly say that they never lie.

My mother was a housewife. My father was a garment worker.

Look, I'm a member of the House of Lords and I'm the first to admit that I don't understand how one gets new laws through.

You've got to admire Sir Richard Branson. He is a completely different style of businessman to me, but you have got to admire what he has achieved.

I'm an Englishman. What more can I say?

I got on a high believing everything I would produce was going to sell at the rate I wanted.

During negotiations nothing is gained by attacking people's comfort zones.

There's too much of a culture that exists out there, what I call an expectancy culture, of things being provided.

I never experienced any feelings of closeness and caring from my parents.

I am not looking for a friend; if I want a friend I'd buy a dog.

When I was a kid, a policeman was someone you looked up to and respected.

I'm a commercial person, not an academic.

Market leaders inevitably slip into decline when they tell the people what they want instead of giving the people what they want.

I've got a gut feeling in my stomach ...

I am tired of hustling.

I find it strange that Gisela Gschaider a 1974 immigrant from Germany is on the brexit panel telling us British what we should do .

I have principles and I am not going to be forced to compromise them.

In America, everybody thinks they're an entrepreneur. That's the problem. It's not a title that anybody should call oneself.

There's a lot of regrets about last year - maybe turning up was the biggest regret about it

I have always been an honest trader. I come from a school of traders where there was honour in the deal. No contracts, just a handshake and that's it, done. That's the way I prefer to do business but it's not always possible these days, sadly.

The boring side of business is what makes it work.

I believe employment regulations for women, whereby the prospective employer is not able to inquire about the interviewee's status regarding children, childcare, or indeed their intention of becoming a parent, are counterproductive.

I don't make enemies, it's just I'm not afraid to speak my mind, which can sometimes mean people don't like what I am saying.

I know you're Belgian, that's where those waffles come from

I came from a socially deprived background when I was 15, 16 years old, but one thing I knew was one - you don't abuse a policeman, and two - you don't steal things.

Why work when you can fill out a few forms and get paid for doing nothing?

I like to keep fit.

We're interested in the mass-merchandising of anything. If there was a market in mass-produced portable nuclear weapons, we'd market them too

Effective leadership is about earning respect, and it's also about personality and charisma