4 Quotes by Olav Thon

From early morning to late at night, it's such an interesting life, and I'm healthy and free, and that's not so easy with a family.

You can't feed a cat with cream and food in the kitchen and expect him to go catch mice.

Nationalism in Norway was very strong in 1905, that we must be free of Sweden. But I must say, I'm not 100 percent sure that was a wise decision. We had the war; we were occupied by Germans from 1940 to '45. And if there had been one Scandinavian country, then it would not have been so very easy probably to go ahead with the occupation.

I don't know how many companies I've bought in my life, and most of them I've bought from children whose father has passed away, and they say, 'Now we're free, would you like to buy it?'