Roman Abramovich

I decided to sit quietly and do business and don’t stick your neck out and tell everybody everything belongs to me. That would only cause problems for myself. Therefore I never told these stories or declared all these things to anyone.

In Moscow I feel most comfortable. I’m used to four different seasons; it’s difficult for people in London to understand. People brought up in Russia like my kids want to play in the snow.

The Holocaust was a crime without parallel in history, and I am proud to launch an initiative to raise awareness of and to tackle anti-Semitism in all its forms. This is the start of an important journey and we all have a part to play.

To tell the truth I cannot call my childhood bad. In your childhood you can’t compare things: one eats carrots, one eats candy, both taste good. As a child you cannot tell the difference.

Money plays an important role in football but it is not the dominating factor. When Chelsea play a Carling Cup game in a small city and it could result in a draw – the excitement, the spirit, the atmosphere – that’s the real beauty of football in England.

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.

The faster I make a lot of money, the faster I can have these kids I want.

I’m so poor I can’t even pay attention.

If money be not they servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot so properly be said to possess wealth, as that may be said to possess him.

Money can’t buy you happiness, but it can buy you a yacht big enough to pull up right alongside it.

The only point in making money is, you can tell some big shot where to go.

I made my money the old-fashioned way. I was very nice to a wealthy relative right before he died!

My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income.

Money without brains is always dangerous.

I rob banks because that’s where the money is.

You can’t substitute material things for love or for gentleness or for tenderness or for a sense of comradeship. Money is not a substitute for tenderness, and power is not a substitute for tenderness.

All money is a matter of belief.

More and more these days I find myself pondering how to reconcile my net income with my gross habits.

Never spend your money before you have it.

You fool! You’re 30 cents away from having a quarter!

I’ve got all the money I’ll ever need; if I die by four O’clock.