Theo Paphitis Quotes

#1. I felt as if I'd been spun around fifty times then released into the middle of a circus and told to have fun.

Rick Riordan

#2. We have to change the system. The system is very rotten. The executive is corrupt, the Congress is corrupt, the judiciary is corrupt ... So what's left We really have to have a radical and surgical change to bring back the image of our country.

Joseph Estrada

#3. One of the things I preach to all my staff is never be frightened to make a decision.

Theo Paphitis

#4. I follow life's changes, continue with my time-outs, and remain curious about what's next.

Kim Cattrall

#5. The Internet is where we all go to for the first stop of information. It's not the library any more, it's the Internet and if I want to find out about Kate Russell, what do I do? I Google Kate Russell. Simple as that.

Theo Paphitis

#6. Recession always encourages entrepreneurialism and innovation. It does that every time because when people have no options they look at other things.

Theo Paphitis

#7. [Worshipping God] is like fellating someone who intermittently stubs fags out on your head for no good reason. And we all know how unsatisfying that can be.

Charlie Brooker

#8. A live spent resisting temptations is a wasted life ... .

Paulo Coelho

#9. It's awful, writing such terrible things about the person you love, but I'll take a pen and paper over a psychiatrist's chair any day of the week. This is my therapy.

Pete Wentz

#10. You know, when I sit in meetings and things are very tense and people take things extremely seriously and they invest a lot of their ego, I sometimes think to myself, 'Come on, you know, there's life and there's death and there is love.' And all of that ego business is nonsense compared to that.

Christine Lagarde

#11. You can have a worldwide shop from your bedroom. You can do things that weren't even dreamed of when I started off in business. It's why technology is the most wonderful thing for small businesses.

Theo Paphitis

#12. Sometimes silence is needed the most when life is so full of noise.

Rebekah Crane

#13. I'm the son of a former billionaire, but I'm just a working man.

Edwin Soeryadjaya

#14. Art provides us with clues about how to live our lives more fully ... about how creating, collecting, and even just appreciating art can make daily living a masterpiece.

Michael Kimmelman

#15. But sometimes we have to make the best of things, and the way we conduct ourselves when the chips are down ...

Harper Lee

#16. ADEPT ADAPTATION
Potholes on the road of life sharpen our maneuverability skills
Kamil Ali

Kamil Ali

#17. I'm Chip Martin," he announced in a deep voice, the voice of a radio deejay. Before I could respond, he added, "I'd shake your hand, but I think you should hold on damn tight to that towel till you can get some clothes on.

John Green

#18. There's an old chestnut that asks whether an entrepreneur is born or made and I think it's a combination of both. You need the talent; without the talent you can't do it.

Theo Paphitis

#19. I've been told I have an Irish temper, I know I have Scottish thrift, and, like the English, I love a good show.

Jeanette MacDonald

#20. The Internet means everything to everybody and it's growing by the day. You can't survive as a business, especially a small business, without having some form of good Internet presence; whether you're a shop or it's a showcase or just a way to talk to your customers.

Theo Paphitis

#21. Love taught me that your honour did but jest.

Graham Greene

#22. The thing I preach constantly is do your research; build your knowledge base. Don't just go into business on a whim or a prayer - and don't think 'I'm an entrepreneur so I have to take risks'. Entrepreneurs don't take risks. They take calculated risks; only the good ones.

Theo Paphitis