Quotes from Alan Sugar

I am tired of hustling.

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

Nobody can honestly say that they never lie.

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

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

Love what you do and do what you love, otherwise you will become unhappy and self-defeating.

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

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.'

Among some of the youngsters, I think reality TV has installed that culture into them and inspired a few of them into wanting to be 'TV celebrities.'

Market leaders inevitably slip into decline when they tell the people what they want instead of giving the people what they want.

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

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

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.

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

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

Success comes more quickly to the entrepreneur that follows his instincts rather than following the progress of his competitors.

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.

Not everybody needs to go to university; they can get out and start working straight away.

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 came from a socially deprived background when I was 15, 16 years old, but one thing I knew was one - you don't abuse a policeman, and two - you don't steal things.

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

The boring side of business is what makes it work.

You've got to admire Sir Richard Branson. He is a completely different style of businessman to me, but you have got to admire what he has achieved.