Felix Dennis Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“What is negotiation but the accumulation of small lies leading to advantage?”

“I am a born-again atheist, so there isn't going to be a funeral. I will be buried in a linen wrap in a cardboard coffin in my forest with an oak tree planted on my head.”

“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.”

“Unless you are completely retired, earning money is the best form of wealth preservation.”

“You'll never get rich by working for your boss.”

“For me, temptation is life and I have a gargantuan appetite for everything.”

“I'm very proud of the fact that I'm one of Britain's biggest selling poets. That gives me a huge amount of pleasure.”

“The planet doesn't require saving, and actually hasn't asked Greenpeace to save it.”

“I write about whatever turns up. Every single day, I'm sitting down for three to five hours in the evenings wrestling away and producing far too much verse.”

“Computers are wasteful of paper and time. Once, we'd get documents with a few errors. Now, people make hundreds of copies until each sheet is flawless and memos are duplicated endlessly. Managers get swamped with emails.”