My father was a self-employed, commission-only salesman. He sold double-glazing and fitted kitchens, amongst other things. As he never declared himself unemployed, there was never recourse to benefits, so if money was tight, money was tight. It taught me that we were a closed unit, and that we had to be resourceful.
I trust to luck. I am planning to be a millionaire before I die but I don't have a plan as to how that will happen. - Neil Oliver
I trust to luck. I am planning to be a millionaire before I die but I don't have a plan as to how that will happen.
- Neil Oliver
I find it so easy to read qualified commentators who are 180 degrees opposed to each other. - Neil Oliver
I find it so easy to read qualified commentators who are 180 degrees opposed to each other.
It is security that I crave and money provides security. What is that old line about money? "Some is good, more is better and too much is just right." - Neil Oliver
It is security that I crave and money provides security. What is that old line about money? "Some is good, more is better and too much is just right."
After I graduated from the University of Glasgow, I was a self-employed archaeologist going from dig to dig around Scotland, and it was not well-paid… - Neil Oliver
After I graduated from the University of Glasgow, I was a self-employed archaeologist going from dig to dig around Scotland, and it was not well-paid…
It took me a while to get established - success didn't happen overnight. - Neil Oliver
It took me a while to get established - success didn't happen overnight.
People looking at what I do from the outside would think it was a secure world I live in, but it isn't. Just because you had a series last year, does… - Neil Oliver
People looking at what I do from the outside would think it was a secure world I live in, but it isn't. Just because you had a series last year, does…
I have always been quite careful when I have been approached to do a television project to have the option of writing the accompanying book. - Neil Oliver
I have always been quite careful when I have been approached to do a television project to have the option of writing the accompanying book.
Television came looking for me; it was never a plan to become a presenter. - Neil Oliver
Television came looking for me; it was never a plan to become a presenter.
I'm wary of the new contactless ways of paying. The idea of paying with your phone is a little worrying: I have lost more than one over the years. - Neil Oliver
I'm wary of the new contactless ways of paying. The idea of paying with your phone is a little worrying: I have lost more than one over the years.
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