Nick Candy

We’ve got a Rolls-Royce Phantom, a Mercedes SLR McLaren, a Cherokee Jeep, and … a Renault Clio! We’ve had Ferraris, Aston Martins, Porsches. We’ve probably got about 10 cars.

My advice to budding property developers: do it on the cheap and you’ll get a cheap price. Don’t avoid putting in skirting just because it’s hidden by a sofa.

I have had the top people in the world into One Hyde Park, and they have seen everything and they say there is nothing quite like this.

We started learning ourselves, understanding ourselves, reading, researching, going around the world and looking at what was defined as the very best.

No one should buy on reputation alone. They should come and see it and inspect it, feel it and touch it.

We’ve created a recognisable brand that has the ability to be the Louis Vuitton of our era.

The world’s crazy, when it comes to beauty.

In this life you have to learn to get up because the road is full of stones.

I’m beginning to understand myself. But it would have been great to be able to understand myself when I was 20 rather than when I was 82.

Those who are quite satisfied sit still and do nothing; those who are not quite satisfied are the sole benefactors of the world.

It is just good practice to do a situational scan and have situational awareness when you are out in the world.

Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism — how passionately I hate them!

There is no mistake in nature.

Talent does what it can; genius does what it must.

I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn’t know.

To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.

The genius of the American people is Self-Reliance.

People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.

You have got to decide, look, this is who I am; this is my best way to present myself, and I’m going to ride that horse to the finish line. Not everybody will like it, but that’s OK.

Idleness is the reason for many of our troubles.

The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.