Philip Green Quotations

It's all about quality of life and finding a happy balance between work and friends and family.

People are always going to go shopping. A lot of our effort is just: 'How do we make the retail experience a great one?

You've got to love what you do to really make things happen.

I'm in the retail business, not the circus business.

Good, bad or indifferent, if you are not investing in new technology, you are going to be left behind.

They already know all about brands... but what 16- and 17-year-olds won't necessarily have is experience of the world of work. The more that businesses get involved with schools, the better, because businesses sometimes complain that students don't have what they require to succeed in work.

I am brave, but I take a view. It is an educated view. I am careful. I am not reckless.

I could have closed down bits of British Home Stores to make more money but it's not my style. I want to make my money as a retailer, not by putting people out of work.

You are forced to have the best data capture, the best information, when you have goods in hundreds of factories around the world, and the question is: 'Where is everything?' And how do you bring it all together?

I don't like department stores. I had a chain of department stores back in 1994 which was Lewis's and Owen Owen, only for a short time, and I found department stores personally difficult.

I think I pick more winners than losers.

The performance has given us the confidence to both pay the dividend and, more importantly, to continue the high level of investment in the business,

Yesterday, the focus was very much on grief and trying to do what was necessary for the basic needs of those who were survivors. Today, now they've had a rest, they'll start to think about their travel plans.

I am delighted to announced that our third year, since acquiring the business in October 2002, has again produced an excellent set of results.

I have been in this country long enough to know of the many gripes South Africans have against my country,

Most of the people in the company are happy.

You know the Priory? I've got a permanent room booked there in case I ever think about it.

The fact that we have been supporting them, means that we could take the great move to show on our own - I put my best foot forward and I have never been afraid,

The middle-market continues to be challenging, turnover being down 4 percent year to date.

I regard the recent barrage in the press as an unjustified attempt to discredit me and deeply disappointing. I believe the current atmosphere could only realistically lead to a bitterly and publicly fought takeover battle which, in my opinion, would now have a very damaging effect upon Marks & Spencer's employees and brand.

If I come bumper to bumper with you on Monday, I'm going to punch your headlights out.

I believe our results for the last financial year represent a credible performance,

This is my first match with my new partner, and we worked good together. I think we just had a lot of confidence coming into the match. We knew this was a real big one. We switched up the teams today and it worked really good.

New West End Company ensures that there is a body that can put significant investment into the West End, targeted directly to the needs of the area and particularly the customers. Great progress is being made to improve Oxford Street and make it a great destination.

You've got to be a believer in what you do.

I think we'll say flat is the new growth in the short term.

Whenever I have faced a setback I have dusted myself down and got on with the rest of my life because I believed in myself.