32 Quotes by David Tang

If you are a friend of somebody and that friend is in trouble, you don’t just drop them.

I can’t establish the veracity of what people say because only they know whether they are telling the truth. I can’t look into your mind, can I?

I’m not terribly technological. I’m awfully backward about iPads and BlackBerries and suchlike; I still have a great fondness for Teletext, and I clung onto my fax machine for as long as I could, but eventually you have to move with the times.

My existence is fuller of other people's experiences than my own. If they cut open my brain, these are what I would retain most.

The crux of the matter was... the partnership between Richemont and myself was going sour for personal reasons, and you know, you can't have two people arguing all the time, so it was either my buying him out or him buying me out.

The idea that there is a difference between East and West is nonsense. You both hand over your card with two hands. If someone were to give me a million pounds, I couldn't care if they handed it to me within their toes.

It's going to be impossible in the 21st century for anyone to think about anything without a Chinese aspect.

I'm not surprised about the lack of women on boardrooms. They were only emancipated 200 years ago, and historically, men have dominated. I welcome women as long as they qualify for the job.

I didn't like law. Every client had a problem, and I didn't want to listen to people's problems; I had enough of my own.