Beaverbrook Quotes

Let me say that the credit belongs to the boys in the back rooms. It isn't the man who sits in the limelight like me who should have the praise. — Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook

I am suing Lord Beaverbrook for libel and hope for some lovely tax-free money in damages. He has very conveniently told some lies about me. — Evelyn Waugh

Business is more exciting than any game. — Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook

The right to work is a slogan which should be accepted by every democracy. — Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook

Buy Old Masters. They fetch a much better price than old mistresses. — Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook

Go out and speak for the inarticulate and the submerged. — Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook

Three outstanding qualities make for success: judgment, industry, health. And the greatest of these is judgment. — Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook

Business is the most exciting game. — Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook

What a creature of strange moods [Winston Churchill] is - always at the top of the wheel of confidence or at the bottom of an intense depression. — Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook

Beaverbrook is so pleased to be in the government that he is like the town tart who finally married the Mayor. — Beverley Baxter

Make yourself master of one single subject and the time must come when your knowledge will be valuable. — Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook