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" I like the odd day relaxing by the pool, but I couldn't stand to sunbathe for an entire week. "

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" I try to support local traders. The service makes up for any extra cost. "

" I don't really sleep until gone midnight anyway. It takes me a while to calm down before my mind allows me to switch off. "

" The great virtue of the web, its ease of communication, has also become its Achilles' heel in that it has polluted the air with meaningless babble and egomaniacal drivel. "

" Businesses might have been helped by the ability to promote themselves on the Internet, but they have also been hit by the web's encouragement of time-wasting by their staff. "

" When I went to school, most parents wanted their children to get good A-levels, to go to university, and get a degree so your children had a better life than you. The way out of poverty was through a degree. But the whole world has moved on from that. "

" I am a great believer that the risk should reflect the reward. "

" I'm a very considerate spender. I'm a shopper, and I do spend money, but I think about it first. "

" Great customer service does not come by chance. It is the result of training and ensuring there are enough assistants to serve the customers. "

" The minute I stepped foot on the shop floor and started serving in a retail environment, I knew it was the career for me. I was a shop assistant for just one day, and I thought, 'This is it. This is the rest of my life. This is all I want to do.' "

" What I've achieved with Boux Avenue is what I always wanted to achieve with La Senza. "

" I'd rather be rich and miserable than poor and miserable. "

" I'm a shopaholic. I really am. I can't help myself. I do go into, browse, and purchase from my own shops, too, although the CEOs who run my businesses wish I didn't. "

" What the entrepreneur gets on 'Dragons' Den' is direct access to people with masses of experience who can actually make quick decisions. "

" We survived for hundreds of years under the old banking structure. You'd have clearing banks, then merchant banks doing the racy stuff, and then building societies where you'd join a waiting list for a mortgage. But then banks started buying stockbrokers, doing mortgages, and you ended up with these big banking groups doing everything. "

" In the 1960s, my first-generation immigrant parents were gifted the olive branch of a blue British passport when working for the British Army in Cyprus. It completely transformed the Paphitis story. "

" When we arrived in the U.K. on the banana boat, we settled right by Old Trafford. "

" Stack the cards in your favour, and in a casino, you'll get arrested and put in prison, but in business and in life, it's the right thing to do. "

" Both my sons are dyslexic, and so, too, in a much milder form, is one of my daughters. "

" I am for a transactional tax at the point of purchase for both online and physical retail. "

" I'm incredibly passionate about business, about small businesses, and about kids being given the right skills so they are successful. "

" My whole business philosophy is based on a risk-reward ratio. But it's got to stack up. If it doesn't, don't do it. You might as well go to a casino. "

" What's crucial in a High Street store is a compelling reason for people to shop there. Shops must offer excellent customer service - and 'theatre' is a must. "

" Showing your emotions is not a weakness. "

" Souvenirs always tend to look great when you see them in some exotic souk but awful when you finally get them back home. They tend to start in my study and eventually get demoted to the garage or the loft. "

" The more we learn about dyslexia, the more able we will be to help those with it. "

" A lot of multinationals have long, drawn-out processes and are pretty useless at putting products on the shelves quickly. "

" The Internet has heralded a revolution in our society. It has transformed the way we do business, entertain, communicate, and travel. In many ways, the change has been positive. The web has brought new freedoms, spurred economic growth, and extended the boundaries of knowledge. "

" On Saturday, I don't want to be woken up until at least nine: I like a bit of a lie-in, a cup of tea, toast and marmalade, and the newspaper. "

" Women have to work harder to be in the same position as a fella because they often have to balance work with running a family. "

" No major technological change has ever been instituted by mankind without an array of negative consequences. The motor car has meant liberation for millions, but it has also caused congestion, environmental damage, and a disturbing death toll on the roads. "