Ben Elliot People Quotations

I have an issue with others ordering for me, and I spend far too long haranguing people that my choices are the best. I apologize for the amount of conversations I have ruined with this attitude.

I don't believe that saying things because you feel they are what people want to hear is the right way to be in any part of your life.

I think people might say I'm a bit of a sucker for punishment.

There are a lot of laws from Europe about employing people which are absolute nonsense.

If people don't feel they've got your attention, you're not going to succeed.

What goes around comes around in business, and it's better to help people out rather than bill them every time you speak to them.

I studied politics and economics at Bristol, and people always assumed that I'd go into politics or a non-government organisation when I left. I might well do this later on. I'd love to represent a West Country seat in the House of Commons.