Alan Sugar Quotes

Alan Sugar is a British business magnate, television personality, and political advisor. He is known for his role on the reality TV show "The Apprentice" and for founding the electronics company Amstrad. Sugar's entrepreneurial success and straight-talking style have made him a prominent figure in the business world.

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

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

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 like to keep fit.... -Alan Sugar

I like to keep fit.

Once you decide to work for yourself, you never go... -Alan Sugar

Once you decide to work for yourself, you never go back to work for somebody else.

You can't stop people printing what they want to p... -Alan Sugar

You can't stop people printing what they want to print.

My mother was a housewife. My father was a garment... -Alan Sugar

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

I did not come into football to make money. I had ... -Alan Sugar

I did not come into football to make money. I had already made millions.

I have principles and I am not going to be forced ... -Alan Sugar

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

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.

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 don't like paying 50 per cent of tax.... -Alan Sugar

I don't like paying 50 per cent of tax.

I'm a commercial person, not an academic.... -Alan Sugar

I'm a commercial person, not an academic.

I never experienced any feelings of closeness and ... -Alan Sugar

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

I don't like this young crudeness now which is sup... -Alan Sugar

I don't like this young crudeness now which is supposed to be comedy on Friday nights.

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.

I like to be a very fair person.... -Alan Sugar

I like to be a very fair person.

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.

It will take a brave person to cull the benefits s... -Alan Sugar

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

Nobody can honestly say that they never lie.... -Alan Sugar

Nobody can honestly say that they never lie.

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.

When I was a kid, a policeman was someone you look... -Alan Sugar

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

The only people whose opinions I worry about are m... -Alan Sugar

The only people whose opinions I worry about are my wife, my children, and my employees.

I've just got an exceptional memory, if I say so m... -Alan Sugar

I've just got an exceptional memory, if I say so myself.

I am tired of hustling.... -Alan Sugar

I am tired of hustling.

It is torment to be segregated out because of some... -Alan Sugar

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

I have no patience at all.... -Alan Sugar

I have no patience at all.

Youngsters have got to stop thinking about becoming the next Zuckerberg. It's a trillion-to-one chance. What they need is mater and pater to say, 'Get a job, son.'

I'm not that hands-on as a grandfather.... -Alan Sugar

I'm not that hands-on as a grandfather.

Well, it's not hard to be number one entertaining Jew. Some of them are quite bleeding bloody miserable, really.

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