Roy Thomson

“It is part of the country. It is an institution. It is a great thing to be the proprietor of The Times.”

“Owning a commercial television station in Britain is like having a licence to print your own money.”

“I buy newspapers to make money to buy more newspapers to make more money. As for editorial content, that's the stuff you separate the ads with.”

“I'm not a press lord. I'm a newspaper accountant.”

“So long as I have my marmalade for breakfast, and my steak and kidney pie for dinner, I am a happy man.”

“I am in business to make money, and I believe I am making it.”

“What is news? It is information only.”

“The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit... a reputation, character.”

“I work because I love it. I'd be bored stiff if I didn't work.”