Richard Quest

“Working for CNN, you help set the agenda for decision makers and industry leaders simply by doing your job. What the network covers and how we cover it affects people. I am not naive enough to believe I work in some 'pure' news vacuum.”

“The potential of fire on board an aircraft is among the most serious issues in aviation.”

“I'm not going to be one of those interviewers that forensically destroys someone.”

“I couldn't sell water in a desert. I have no business acumen. I can tell you why you have no business acumen, and I can tell you why your project may or may not work, but I have no ability to make money.”

“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 think many people would disagree that the world is fractured.”

“I was fascinated by the fact that in Osaka, we saw people using their cell phones to pay for small goods.”

“Go to the Savoy for a classic British tea and to see what a $350 million renovation can do for a hotel.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Malaysia Airlines is a robust airline - it's been around for many years. It has an excellent reputation, both for service and for safety.”

“People even describe the way I speak as sounding like gurgling with broken glass. Some people can't stand me; they hate my voice.”

“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?'”

“There can be no equivocation. I am Jewish.”

“I hope I'm wrong, but I think the victory of the screen is going to win out. It raises the fundamental question: is the quality of reading and comprehension as good when you read it on a screen as when you read it on a physical paper?”

“When I speak, I ask the people, particularly since there are many of us, 'Where will you spend your hard-earned money? Why spend it where it is not gay-friendly? Why should you spend your money in countries that are not gay-friendly just because they have beautiful beaches?'”

“Whenever there's a big story with vast potential to get social media content and find out what's happening, your first object is to prod into that and then test it to see whether it's valid. If you don't do the second part, you're basically a bilge pump.”

“If I remember back to when I wasn't open about my sexuality, I spent a great deal of time worried about it.”

“I believe you leave opinions and views with your hat and coat at the door.”