23 Quotes by Nicky Oppenheimer

It is only through developing and maximizing all its natural resources that a sustainable future for Africa and its people can be secured.

May I suggest that people in many African countries could be suffering from donation fatigue?

One likes at the point of production to realize the maximum value, and diamond producers are no different.

The army taught me to sign my name very quickly, and that's stood me in good stead the rest of my life.

You can get a diamond which is worth 10 cents; you can get a diamond of exactly the same size, which is worth a hundred dollars.

I am one of the affluent rich living the good life. But I like to think that I am doing my bit to resolve the problems of Africa and am certainly committed to Africa in the long run.

I don't think Africa gets as much credit as it should have on the world stage. People tend to think of us as coming from The Dark Continent, where nothing good goes on. That's not true. A huge amount of, as I say, entrepreneurship goes on.

It's much nicer to be known as Mr. Nice Guy than Mr. Nasty Guy. But you've got to have lines - and when you hit the line, that's the end of the story, nice guy or not.

Because I am an African I reserve the right to say that Africa does not exist simply to make people in this country the UK, or anywhere else in the developed world, feel good about themselves.