148 Quotes by Felix Dennis

I have one talent, and that's figuring out what people want about two minutes before they know it themselves.

The vast majority of free verse is ghastly. Utterly ghastly. No one reads it. No one listens to it.

You cannot properly bring up children when you are 69 or 70 and they are 12 and at the height of their madness. You can physically do it, but I don't think it's morally justified.

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

The richer you are and the more financial advisers you employ, the less likelihood there is that you can ever discover what you are really worth.

I've always noted with some awe the reading habits of the Australian public. Australians read more newspapers and magazines per head of population than almost any other country in the world.

The problem with rich lists is... it is impossible to know what someone is worth until they have died and you have sold it.

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.

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.