Waiters are like hookers, never around when you want them.
BERNIE ECCLESTONEI think I would find it easier to talk with Nico [Rosenberg] than Lewis [Hamilton], as Lewis is into things that are very distant to me.
More Bernie Ecclestone Quotes
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It’d be good for the world if [Donald Trump] won.
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I have 100 percent confidence in the German judicial system.
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You can’t compare eras. But drivers of each era adapt to the needs and climate of their time. There are good and bad points to every era of the sport. I’m not really nostalgic about the past.
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I also would rather race than strut red carpets in Hollywood – and thank God this is not my job – but also the team principals should be more prominent.
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I was always determined that races should begin on time and I never deviated from that policy.
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It’s the best thing to happen to a sport, that you have a superstar. In football there is always something to write about the Beckhams, same as people want to write about Rooney or Hooney or whatever his bloody name is.
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Take away Toto Wolff’s Mercedes shirt and send Sebastian [Vettel] down a street – nobody would recognize him.
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Two races we’ve lost which I’m genuinely upset about were India and Turkey.
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I have no regrets about the amount of work I put into the sport. This is what I needed to do with my life.
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I won’t be threatened or intimidated by anyone and I’ve always been prepared to do what is necessary to defend my interests.
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I’d rather the handshake for somebody that I can trust than a contract. Because you can read the bloody contract – perhaps if you made a little bit of a mistake writing it – in a way to suit you.
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I think the way I do things would be difficult to teach somebody to do. They need to get another good used car dealer. That’s what they need. Find a good car dealer.
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People want to build new circuits around the world and they say: ‘We’ll come to Silverstone and have a look how it’s done’, and I tell them to stay away.
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I’m a dealer. That’s exactly right. I’m a used car dealer.
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A wise man who was always helpful to me: Mr (Enzo) Ferrari. He always supported me.
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