I like things in their proper places.

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.

Effective leadership is about earning respect, and it's also about personality and charisma

My history of lending money from banks is that they want to know the ins and outs of the backside of a duck.

I don't like paying 50 per cent of tax.

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

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.