If I'm filming 'Dragons' Den', we work flat out until 8pm, although I love seeing the weird, wonderful and plain delusional. — Peter Jones Dragons Copy Share Image
When I was eight, my parents saved up to send me to private school, but I found it so tough that I… — Peter Jones Ambition Copy Share Image
My kids certainly aren't going to have the money. They don't need it. — Peter Jones Certainly Copy Share Image
We've all seen those spoiled little brats that end up being given everything and on their 17th birthday get a Ferrari. That… — Peter Jones Birthday Copy Share Image
I lost my computer business when I was 29 because I gave credit to firms I didn't investigate. I lost my house… — Peter Jones Business Copy Share Image
I'm 6ft 7in and I was a bit like a giraffe on the tennis court, though I did play at county level. — Peter Jones Court Copy Share Image
People have dreams, don't they? Young people have enormous vision for their futures. I think a lot of them are realising that… — Peter Jones Dreams Copy Share Image
My father was an air conditioning engineer and we lived in a three-bedroom terraced house in Langley before moving to a four-bedroom… — Peter Jones Air conditioning Copy Share Image
I've certainly learnt there's nothing more important than cash - cash flow issues are one of the biggest causes of company failures. — Peter Jones Business Copy Share Image
“Excessive consumption was not seen as a desirable sign of membership of an elite, but as a warning: it was wealth for… — Peter Jones Capitalism Copy Share Image
The more people you meet, and the more people you have influence over your business can scale quicker. — Peter Jones Business Copy Share Image
There are lots of people who say you are born an entrepreneur - you either have that gene or not. I really… — Peter Jones Born Copy Share Image
I want enterprise and entrepreneurship embedded in the national curriculum and will continue to lobby government until it happens. — Peter Jones Business Copy Share Image
I passed my Lawn Tennis Association coaching exam, and I persuaded my local club to let me use a court after school… — Peter Jones Club Copy Share Image
If someone comes onto 'Dragons' Den' and annoys me, I'm going to tell them exactly what I think. — Peter Jones Dragons Copy Share Image
I've got my own businesses I run every day and I like to think I'm a nurturer rather than a firer, but… — Peter Jones Business Copy Share Image
If you want to make your own decisions about where you work, what you do, what you earn and what you buy,… — Peter Jones Being Copy Share Image
We're having to spend a lot of time teaching our entrepreneurs how to teach and, I tell you, it isn't easy and… — Peter Jones Business Copy Share Image
Knowledge-based apprenticeships kickstart careers. Just look at British fashion designer Karen Millen, for example, who learned her craft through an apprenticeship scheme. — Peter Jones British Copy Share Image
Britain lacks that fundamental belief that anyone can make it. What we need is a British dream. Let's give young people the… — Peter Jones Ambition Copy Share Image
The first thing I think, I was building computers, I started to build a computer when I was 17 or 18 at… — Peter Jones Building Copy Share Image
In the 1980s when I was growing up in the Berkshire town of Maidenhead I was heavily into tennis. It was the… — Peter Jones Balls Copy Share Image
One of the things that slightly annoys me in business is that we use words like innovation. Young people often think innovation… — Peter Jones Business Copy Share Image
