Bernie Ecclestone Quotes

Women should be all dressed in white like all the other domestic appliances.

Anyone who doesn't speak English isn't worth speaking to

Forget what others whisper in your ears. Most of that is pure rubbish that obstructs the view to what really is important. Always make your own decisions. That is what makes us human.

If you say 'Good Morning' in America and it's five past twelve you end up with a lawsuit.

If you're going to take the attitude, I don't think it will work, you will never do anything.

I'd rather get to the 70-year-old guy who's got plenty of cash.

You have to hope that your opponents are unlucky. Never only rely on your own luck.

[Donald] Trump would want to cosy up to him for sure, and he'd be right to do that. Which would be good for the world.

Don't forget I started looking at China a long time before any of those races happened. I always thought go east, not west.

I have earned the money and changed the nappies!

I have 100 percent confidence in the German judicial system.

Two races we've lost which I'm genuinely upset about were India and Turkey.

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.

I can't remember a single occasion when I have been kind to a journalist.

You're born with certain gifts and you use them as best you can in life. You begin to learn and recognize that you have certain skills and aptitudes that you apply and use them to carry you forward.

I have no regrets about the amount of work I put into the sport. This is what I needed to do with my life.

Waiters are like hookers, never around when you want them.

If I feel like something's gonna be right, I invest in it, whatever it is.

I always thought that dads in the old days where rather macho types who wouldn't get close to a baby, let alone change nappies.

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.

When people want to built new tracks, they want to look at Silverstone. We don't want it built like that. It's quite embarrassing.

As I small child and hearing all the stories about him I, of course, looked up to him as some kind of miracle. Then I got to eight years old and suddenly I was taller than [Bernie Ecclestone].

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.

I suppose it's knowing when you've come up with an idea that works, when you've got it right, whatever it is.

Lewis [Hamilton] is a hero in the UK. The British love Formula One. Sebastian (Vettel) is also not doing much for F1. People hardly recognize him on the street.

If somebody says, "You like putting out fires," and I say, "It's not a case of liking it, but I do put them out, and if there aren't fires left I make them, so I can put them out." It's what we do.

You can't make decisions if there are no charges or issues to deal with. So it's quite normal to wait until there is some reason to react.

I was delighted with Baku. People said I was completely mad; I was so happy when it all turned out all right.

I never neglected my daughters - quite the opposite - but I suppose I could have and should have spent more time with them.

Nico [Rosberg] is not seeking the limelight as Lewis [Hamilton] does. Lewis wants to be famous.

[Olympics] obviously, is not the easiest thing to do, and nobody makes any money out of. Yet, for the small amount of money they could [invest] in a Formula One race, they don't want to do it.

I don't have any talent as an artist but I do have an awareness for business and what you need to bring to that world. It helps to know what you're good at.

I was always determined that races should begin on time and I never deviated from that policy.

With [Vladimir] Putin, he says he's going to do something, he gets on it, does it.

I have so much respect for [Bernie Ecclestone] for what he did with this sport. He did so much more than people in tennis or football.

Each new deal is another opportunity.

I have a lot of faith in justice systems around the world even though there were cases in the past where that faith wasn't justified in some countries.

I have always been happy to have daughters rather than sons. You never really can be mad at girls for anything in life.

I 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.

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.

Under the engine cover, no one cares what's in there. Nobody cares.

I'm a dealer. That's exactly right. I'm a used car dealer.

I am happy that we have somebody like Lewis [Hamilton]. I also couldn't be like Lewis. I don't like gold jewelry!

[When I'll be old I see myself] as a world champion, on a big farm with an Italian-style, big family with a whole bunch of grandchildren. And the foundations for that I have already laid!

When there is more money at stake it affects the atmosphere and things become more businesslike.

Actually I think I have forgotten how it was back then. Or probably not - I didn't qualify. There were only 16 cars in the race.

You need to have proper management if you're going to move forward.

[Maurizio Arrivabene is quite a character] but only for himself and not for Formula One.

My dad always took to his heels when a nappy change was necessary. I am so much looking forward to our child. It is such a wonderfully exciting time right now.

I won't be threatened or intimidated by anyone and I've always been prepared to do what is necessary to defend my interests.