14 Quotes by Tom Hunter

The man who dies rich, dies in disgrace.

We in Scotland need fiscal responsibility. Quite simply, we need to be responsible for what we raise in tax and what we spend in tax.

But once you have satisfied your material needs, which I think every wealth creator should - the house, the car, the plane, the boat - what comes next?

In 1998 I invested in the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship at Strathclyde Uni and subsequently put more capital into enterprise education to try and help change the culture.

The Scottish government set a goal of increasing exports by 50% by 2017. That is ambitious. Is it achievable?

Our job is to enable them to come up with their own solutions and through self sustainability deal with it in the longer term. Therefore we are an enabler.

That was it. It was total silence. I told my wife to call 911.

We receive at least 250 applications from Indiana, Ohio and Michigan for 25 seats each year. Not everyone can be a PA. It is not easy, and it's sometimes beyond the scope of ability for people to do it. When we look at applications, the main thing that stands out is 'do we want that person to take care of our parent?' Like a nurse practitioner, it is a higher level of care. You have to have an open and honest heart and sometimes we have to tell them there are other ways to help besides becoming a PA.

This isn't some rich white guy coming up with the answer to Africa's problems, definitely not. This is going to be the people there, in their own communities - they know what needs to happen, they just can't get a chance to do it.