"Nice guys finish last, but we get to sleep in."
"If you're not making some mistakes, it probably means you're not trying hard enough."
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Evan Davis
Journalist
Evan Davis is a prominent journalist and broadcaster known for his incisive commentary on truth, freedom, and accountability in public life.
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"Britain, however, has ended up specializing in the ones you don't see as much of: defense aerospace, making drive shafts for cars, pills and drugs, designing chips that go into 94 percent of the world's mobile phones."
"There is a strong link between the following three things: exporting, manufacturing and the degree of saving by the population. It's complicated, but if the population doesn't save, the economy will not tend to export as much, and if it doesn't export as much, it won't manufacture enough."
"It's not a bad idea to occasionally spend a little time thinking about things you take for granted. Plain everyday things."
"Crossrail is a prime example of infrastructure. It is a rather deadly word, but I think it is exciting stuff, the civil engineering which makes Britain tick - the bridges, tunnels, power and water networks, which bind us together."
"In principle, there are only three main components of spending that much matter to monetary policy: consumer spending, business investment and exports and trade."