At the end, the key thing is you've got to live with yourself. That's the real test. Everything else is fleeting.

- Nicolas Berggruen

I can drive. Let's just say you don't want to be in the passenger seat.

- Nicolas Berggruen

Singapore has been incredibly well-managed. It was created out of the swamp, with a strong emotional idea: a safe place for mostly Chinese, but accep…

- Nicolas Berggruen

Everything I do now is about growing the pot to have more to give away.

- Nicolas Berggruen

Luckily the whole world is not like me, or else, there would be no world.

- Nicolas Berggruen

I felt I was owned by possessions.

- Nicolas Berggruen

Other people might have family - three kids or five houses. In my case, that doesn't exist. I'm going to give everything away. Everything has been tr…

- Nicolas Berggruen

Brunch is boring, but that's part of the charm of it.

- Nicolas Berggruen

I don't get that much enjoyment out of saying 'I own it.'

- Nicolas Berggruen