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What happens in Davos stays in Davos.
There can be no equivocation. I am Jewish.
You have to give an element of performance on television.
Wherever your travels may take you, I hope it's profitable.
If the ship is sinking, you need help getting off that ship.
New Zealand obviously is fully integrated into the global economy.
I don't think many people would disagree that the world is fractured.
I do worry that the days of the physical paper are seriously numbered.
I believe you leave opinions and views with your hat and coat at the door.
Trump was elected, in large part, to disrupt everything that the WEF represents.
I'm not going to be one of those interviewers that forensically destroys someone.
The potential of fire on board an aircraft is among the most serious issues in aviation.
Buy one pair of knickers or underpants from Marks & Spencer. Then you'll truly be like a Brit!
I did badly in high school. I don't know why, but I failed all my exams. Then I took them again.
The fundamental rule of the business traveller must be nothing must stop you from getting there.
You don't need Math to do business reporting. Business is all about choices that consumers make.
WEF should restrict the number of passes for limos in the parking lots. They need to Keep it Simple.
I am tired of hotels promising to go the extra mile only to have them refuse to go round the corner!
Go to the Savoy for a classic British tea and to see what a $350 million renovation can do for a hotel.
The big story of the day is always going to be driven by what's happened and by the facts and the events.
I was fascinated by the fact that in Osaka, we saw people using their cell phones to pay for small goods.
I would have become a pilot if it wasn't for my poor eyesight and the fact that I am hopeless in science.
If I remember back to when I wasn't open about my sexuality, I spent a great deal of time worried about it.
The sheer number of facts that are unknown about what happened when Malaysia 370 disappeared is quite staggering.
Davos is an extravagant bun-fight of the vanities, where the 'haves' gather to strike deals with the 'have-mores.'
I was terrified about people knowing I was gay. I'd cringe inside at the idea that they'd be talking behind my back.
Markets don't like instability, investors shy away from uncertainty, and consumer confidence goes down in difficult times.
It is a very cynical, skeptical, foolish person that suggests Israel does not need a peace process to have a growing economy.
New Zealand's economy may be more immune... from the waves of disruption elsewhere, but I guarantee you, it's not that immune.
Go to The Spaniards Inn on Hampstead Heath. It's an old-fashioned pub, and from there, you can look out over the London skyline.
People even describe the way I speak as sounding like gurgling with broken glass. Some people can't stand me; they hate my voice.
On radio, I loved Noel Edmonds's Radio 1 breakfast show - and Tony Blackburn. I can still hear those bloody jingles deep in my brain.
If I try and be something I am not, if I try and be cool, and I am not, I am a boring white man in a suit. Usually a pin-striped suit.
Malaysia Airlines is a robust airline - it's been around for many years. It has an excellent reputation, both for service and for safety.
I may interrupt people or be nasty, but I am never rude. So every interview starts with a shake of a hand and ends with a shake of a hand.
Whatever happens to bitcoin, other cryptocurrencies are gaining ground and more respect. Ethereum, for instance, has far more transparency.
My grandparents and great-grandparents were classic East European/Russian Jewry. Quasky was the name until Grandpa Quasky changed it in 1948.
Limos are fine for prime ministers or presidents who need the security, but there's no need for CEOs or executives to have one as a status symbol.
I have spent 25 years battling to tell people that business is important. People aren't prepared to understand that it's a complex piece of machinery.
I'm a capitalist. I believe in the proper working of the free market. That's why I found the scandals of 2008, the banks, Libor, absolutely abhorrent.
There is no easy way to ask serious-minded men and women who hold high office, and who have matters of state on their mind, 'Do you mind if I take a quick selfie?'
I have always loved broadcasting - as a child in Liverpool, I would wake up and listen to Morning Merseyside on BBC Radio Merseyside and wonder, 'How do they do that?'
Airlines the size of British Airways will need the A380 to increase capacity, and the 787 to increase frequency on heavily traveled routes and open up new long thin routes.
In Davos during the WEF, we have government heads like David Cameron, Shinzo Abe, Tony Abbott, and Dilma Rousseff. These are the people who can actually get something done.
People often talk about parachute journalism, but one of the skills that you get when you are a correspondent is the ability to look at facts fast and work out what the story is.
I don't like the Sunday newspapers - I read them because I have to. 'Sunday Times,' 'Telegraph,' 'Independent' on Sunday - I find them heavy and too much! I prefer 'The Economist.'
Davos is probably the world's most elite society, but it dresses itself up as a non-elite event. Don't be fooled. You must wear a specially coloured badge, which shrieks your status to others.
Every year, the World Economic Forum decides on a theme for its meeting of the world's elite in Davos, Switzerland. Usually, it's highfalutin nonsense that no one understands and everyone ignores.
I live in the day. Yes, I make plans for tomorrow, but I don't get so consumed by it. The time you spend with your family and friends, whatever you could be doing, enjoy them now. I live in the day.
I am not angry. I am just disappointed that, once again, a hotel has tried to convince me it will move heaven and earth to ensure I am comfortable when, in reality, it won't even pass me the coffee pot!