1.
I have no patience at all.
Alan Sugar
2.
Once you decide to work for yourself, you never go back to work for somebody else.
Alan Sugar
3.
If you enjoy what you do, don't be afraid of expressing your enthusiasm. Enjoyment is infectious.
Alan Sugar
4.
I knоw you're Belgian, that's whеrе thоsе waffles соmе frоm
Alan Sugar
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A good leader is not necessarily the most popular person in their business, but the best ones are liked because they are respected for their clarity and vision.
Alan Sugar
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I know you're Belgian, that's where those waffles come from.
Alan Sugar
7.
My history of lending money from banks is that they want to know the ins and outs of the backside of a duck.
Alan Sugar
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An entrepreneur is not what you call yourself, it's what someone calls you in recognition of what you've achieved. I call Richard Branson an entrepreneur. Rupert Murdoch called me one. Anybody who stands up and says: 'I'm an entrepreneur' needs shooting. You'll drive people crazy.
Alan Sugar
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Don't try to blame the rest of the world. The blame only lies with you. Recognize that immediately.
Alan Sugar
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Above all, in order to gain respect, you need to be true to yourself. There is no point in trying to be brutal if it's not in your nature; there is no point in trying to be suave and sophisticated if it doesn't come naturally.
Alan Sugar
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There are two fools in every marketplace; one asks too little, one asks too much.
Alan Sugar
12.
Effective leadership is about earning respect, and it's also about personality and charisma
Alan Sugar
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I've written books on advertising-cheque books.
Alan Sugar
14.
Start small and with your own money.
Alan Sugar
15.
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.
Alan Sugar
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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.
Alan Sugar
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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
Alan Sugar
18.
Love what you do and do what you love,
otherwise you will become unhappy and self-defeating.
Alan Sugar
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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.
Alan Sugar
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I have principles and I am not going to be forced to compromise them.
Alan Sugar
21.
It is torment to be segregated out because of some bit of clothing that you're wearing.
Alan Sugar
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Money is all right but once you have it you learn it's not the be all and end all.
Alan Sugar
23.
I'm an Englishman. What more can I say?
Alan Sugar
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Success comes more quickly to the entrepreneur that follows his instincts rather than following the progress of his competitors.
Alan Sugar
25.
I got on a high believing everything I would produce was going to sell at the rate I wanted.
Alan Sugar
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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.
Alan Sugar
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I like things in their proper places.
Alan Sugar
28.
I am tired of hustling.
Alan Sugar
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I'm a commercial person, not an academic.
Alan Sugar
30.
Well, there's nothing I've done I'm not proud of. Making money was an interest, but it's never been my god.
Alan Sugar
31.
In America, everybody thinks they're an entrepreneur. That's the problem. It's not a title that anybody should call oneself.
Alan Sugar
32.
There was a desire to see me being nasty and horrible, and of course that's not really me
Alan Sugar
33.
You can't stop people printing what they want to print.
Alan Sugar
34.
I did not come into football to make money. I had already made millions.
Alan Sugar
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I find it strange that Gisela Gschaider a 1974 immigrant from Germany is on the brexit panel telling us British what we should do .
Alan Sugar
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Market leaders inevitably slip into decline when they tell the people what they want instead of giving the people what they want.
Alan Sugar
37.
Not everybody needs to go to university; they can get out and start working straight away.
Alan Sugar
38.
Nobody can honestly say that they never lie.
Alan Sugar
39.
I don't believe in God and all that. But I am Jewish, and very proud to be so, very proud of the culture.
Alan Sugar
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It will take a brave person to cull the benefits system and analyse who deserves and who doesn't.
Alan Sugar
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The boring side of business is what makes it work.
Alan Sugar
42.
During negotiations nothing is gained by attacking people's comfort zones.
Alan Sugar
43.
If there was a market in mass-produced portable nuclear weapons, we'd market them, too.
Alan Sugar
44.
There's a lot of regrets about last year - maybe turning up was the biggest regret about it
Alan Sugar
45.
I don't like this young crudeness now which is supposed to be comedy on Friday nights.
Alan Sugar
46.
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.
Alan Sugar
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I like to be a very fair person.
Alan Sugar
48.
There is a lot of luck in football. Following England is like following Wycombe Wanders or Leyton Orient. You hope for the best and hope you are lucky.
Alan Sugar
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I am not looking for a friend; if I want a friend I'd buy a dog.
Alan Sugar
50.
I don't like paying 50 per cent of tax.
Alan Sugar
