Alan Sugar quotes

Alan Sugar is a British businessman and media personality, best known as the founder of electronics company Amstrad. His entrepreneurial spirit led him to become a prominent figure in UK business and television. He is widely recognized for hosting the BBC show "The Apprentice." Here are 52 of his quotes:

If there was a market in mass-produced portable nuclear weapons, we'd market them, too. (Alan Sugar)
My history of lending money from banks is that they want to know the ins and outs of the backside of a duck. View quote
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I don't believe in God and all that. But I am Jewish, and very proud to be so, very proud of the culture. View quote
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When it comes to bullshit, they [advertising agencies] have forgotten what you haven't already learnt about all this crap! (To Rachel - shortly before her firing, when her supposed expertise in advertising results in the failure of the advertising task). View quote
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But I've sat here four times, and there is a message coming from above....not that I am a believer in the Lord or anything.... (Immediately before Jo Cameron's firing). View quote
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I've got to continue the process with some candidates, some very strong candidates that are left. Let's get rid of the no-hopers. No chance. Don't waste my time. (to Ella Jade Bitton after firing Sarah Dales before the first ever triple firing in the series). View quote
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All I've heard from you so far is a lot of hot air, so in the interests of climate change you're fired... (to Stuart Baggs in the boardroom). View quote
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But you were in the restaurant business before?? Marco-Pierre White or something.... The Titanic – well here's another bloody disaster you're in now! (To Syed before Alexa is fired after the infamous catering task when the Invicta team lose because they bought an excessive number of chickens to make pizzas). View quote
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OK, because if you're unsure, you can always pull your trousers down and we can check. (On whether or not Michael Sophacles is Jewish). View quote
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Pan Am takes good care of you. Marks & Spencer loves you. Securicor cares. I.B.M. says the customer is king. At Amstrad, we want your money! View quote
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Now Matthew, you are an awkward character - I'm sorry to say that to you but you are an awkward character. It seems you can't help yourself... you need confrontation! That worries me, that worries me a lot! (To Matthew Palmer, shortly before his firing). (Alan Sugar)
I have principles and I am not going to be forced to compromise them. View quote
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My mother was a housewife. My father was a garment worker. View quote
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Robert, I don't like people who bottle out. So Robert - You're fired. (to Robert Goodwin when he was fired before the final boardroom in the second task) View quote
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I tell you what, if any of you survive here, I promise you this: As sure as I have a hole in my bloody arse, when it gets down to the two of you, all these people who are saying nice things about you at the moment, will not! So start thinking about yourself! View quote
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We've got two very despondent gentlemen, we've got Claire, she will get her 500 rounds of bullshit out and stick it in her AK47 and deafen us all in here. View quote
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I came from an environment where I needed to succeed. There was no wealth or anything like that in the family. Not that we were paupers, but we had to fend for ourselves. Kids today are not as hungry as I was. They don't understand how tough my generation was. View quote
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Syed, SHUT UP! (Lord Sugar speaking to Syed Ahmed). View quote
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Most of the people I do business with are mature businessmen like me, and they are not going to take kindly to being spoken to like a wash woman in the street!! (to Saira Khan during a boardroom showdown). View quote
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My disposals get taken away in the back of a taxi! (referring to the task in week 6, which centred around waste disposal and where Edna eventually fired). View quote
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If you take care of your character, your reputation will take care of itself. (Alan Sugar)
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. View quote
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Your back's against the wall and you're almost done for – it's Dunkirk all over again! (The Apprentice (To Paul, the ex-army Lieutenant before he is fired.)). View quote
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You didn't like it when you got a B in your French exam. You're not gonna like it now, because you've got the big F – you're fired! (firing Nicholas de Lacy-Brown in episode 1). View quote
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Sian Lloyd – what was she doing there? Why did you cast and pay for a kind of celebrity for your advert? You know, I could understand if your advert was based on weather, I could understand if your advert was based on her being upset because her boyfriend blew her out for a cheeky girl, right and she's crying, but I can't understand this. She's not even a mother, what's the point? (Episode 9). View quote
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Alan Sugar

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Photo: Damien Everett, CC BY 2.0
Occupation: British Businessman
Born: March 24, 1947
Quotes count: 52
Wikipedia: Alan Sugar

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