Richard Quest

“Whatever happens to bitcoin, other cryptocurrencies are gaining ground and more respect. Ethereum, for instance, has far more transparency.”

“When you travel on Christmas, for you as the traveler - whether you're in 1A or 39D - there is a mental state that you have to put yourself in: that you're traveling at the busiest time of the year, and you're going to take whatever comes your way.”

“If there are countries that discriminate against the gay community, they are the countries that I will not spend my own personal money. I will go for work there, but I will not spend my own money there. Why would I?”

“The fundamental rule of the business traveller must be nothing must stop you from getting there.”

“Bearing in mind most companies rely on the middle classes in developed countries to sell goods and services throughout the value chain, dealing with inequality is a matter of brutal enlightened self-interest. It's simple economics: Global stability equals global growth equals profits.”

“Any idiot can throw together a program or report and shove it out, but to get the balance and to get the skill set, that is what they pay us for. They don't pay us to prattle on the television; anybody can do that.”

“I did badly in high school. I don't know why, but I failed all my exams. Then I took them again.”

“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 was terrified about people knowing I was gay. I'd cringe inside at the idea that they'd be talking behind my back.”

“The fact is that the rich are getting richer while the poor are being left behind. Women remain under-represented in boardrooms and under-engaged in the global workforce. Environmental change is leaving the poorest countries vulnerable. Voters are becoming more and more politically polarised and partisan.”

“I wish I didn't care about what people say about me, but I do.”

“It is a very cynical, skeptical, foolish person that suggests Israel does not need a peace process to have a growing economy.”

“Davos is an extravagant bun-fight of the vanities, where the 'haves' gather to strike deals with the 'have-mores.'”

“I passionately believe if you put on an act, the audience will be able to tell. That does not mean that I am going to be talking in top volume all the time in private conversations... Clearly, broadcasting has to be an extension of yourself; it's an exaggerated version of you.”

“I'm given an enormous amount of freedom, within the constraints of the editorial policies of the network. One of the Quest shows started off with me doing the cancan kicking... you know, the high kick, with dancing girls. We never thought CNN would agree to that.”

“WEF should restrict the number of passes for limos in the parking lots. They need to Keep it Simple.”

“A lot of people want to know why did I leave the BBC: did I have an argument with them? No! I had 13 wonderful years. But it was time. Since I left university, I'd only ever worked for the BBC. It was simply time.”

“When there's a firestorm going on around you, you have very little idea of what's next.”

“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?'”

“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.”