Roman Abramovich

I’m getting excited before every single game. The trophy at the end is less important than the process itself.

I can understand the British media and why they are doing that. It does not add up to much. I’m used in my life to not paying much attention to some things.

After the situation with Kursk submarine, I started looking at Mr. Berezovsky in a completely different way. For me, it was a turning point in our relationship. I think that he took a completely dishonorable position.

I never insisted that I was a good student.

I have no Napoleonic dream. I’m just hard-working and pragmatic.

Investors have very short memories.

Work is our sanity, our self-respect, our salvation. The day’s work is the center of everything.

What really decides consumers to buy or not to buy is the content of your advertising, not its form.

See what a 25-cent raise will do to us, said Mr. Ford. So they figured the daily and monthly cost of a 25-cent increase. Put on another quarter and see what that will cost, he said. And so they went on, 25 cents a step. Finally the wage of $2.34 stood at $4.75–more than 100 percent increase. One of the associates–a good financial head–remarked rather sarcastically that if they were going to be fools, why not be first-class fools and make it $5. All right, said Mr. Ford, let’s make it $5.

A good advertisement is one which sells the product without drawing attention to itself.

Should I give up my career at this point in my life… and put all my marbles in Laura’s [Nyro] basket?

Our modern industrialism, changed to motives of public service, will provide means to remove every injustice that gives soil for prejudice.

If you need a machine and don’t buy it, then you will ultimately find that you have paid for it and don’t have it.

Our clients pay for value. London is the top city in the world, the best tax haven in the world for some and the top residential site in the city is One Hyde Park at the top end of Sloane Street.

Without hustle, talent will only carry you so far.

You now have to decide what ‘image’ you want for your brand. Image means personality. Products, like people, have personalities, and they can make or break them in the market place.

Does advertising corrupt editors? Yes it does, but fewer editors than you may suppose… the vast majority of editors are incorruptible.

Only one thing makes prosperity, and that is work.

The well-satisfied customer will bring the repeat sale that counts.

The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you at all, but goes on making his own business better all the time.

It’s all too easy to miss out on the important moments in life because you’re too busy staring at your phone.