Felix Dennis

Money is power. Power is an aphrodisiac. ”

The planet doesn't require saving, and actually hasn't asked Greenpeace to save it. ”

I've been busy for years, buying land, often under pseudonyms, and planting trees on it. All the money is going into it when I die - and in the end I'd like to think that it will be 20 to 30,000 acres. ”

Great Expectations' has been described as 'Dickens's harshest indictment of society.' Which it is. After all, it's about money. About not having enough money; about the fever of the getting of money; about having too much money; about the taint of money. ”

Overhead will eat you alive if not constantly viewed as a parasite to be exterminated. Never mind the bleating of those you employ. Hold out until mutiny is imminent before employing even a single additional member of staff. More startups are wrecked by overstaffing than by any other cause, bar failure to monitor cash flow. ”

There are far too many people in university in Britain. If you want to make money, be a plumber. ”

You cannot be seeking yourself when you're making money. ”

It's a long, slow sunset for ink-on-paper magazines, but sunsets can produce vast sums of money. ”

You can actually be bored stiff while you're dying. ”

I should have liked to get married, but over many decades I have lived essentially alone. I go to sleep when I'm tired, get up when I wake up, have my food prepared when I'm hungry. I can't bear the thought that I'd have to coincide, make an effort. ”