Richard Rawlings Quotes

The internet thing is what I have the greatest problem with. I don't know if anyone in the media gets the internet thing and Harvey Norman. I think they have some strange interpretation of it that bears no resemblance to what actually happens.

I have motor oil running through my veins.

The days when a car aficionado could repair his or her own car are long past, due primarily to the high software content.

Over many generations, fortunes in the business world were made through buying and selling products in physical stores. Internet fortunes have been made buying and selling products online.

I would think that most of the online business will be conducted by traditional retailers and that over 90 per cent of the e-retailers will, in fact, all go out of business.

I can change a tire, but I couldn't change a fuse on the computer panel on my car.

I'm not very good with cars. They rebel against me.

I have enormous respect for people who are gifted mechanics.

I studied to be a car mechanic. That was my plan B. Servicing cars and changing tyres in Finland.

Online is not contributing in the same way as the high street in terms of business rates and to the local community.

My dad is a mechanic from Sheffield and my grandmother lives in Rotherham, bless her.

E-commerce is a powerful means to connect the unconnected to global trade.

Obviously you can make a pretty good living these days as a crew member or a crew chief or as a driver. But the technology is expensive.

I enjoy working on anything mechanical.

The general population isn't interested in the nitty-gritty of cars.

Google helps us sort the Internet by providing a sense of hierarchy to information. Facebook uses its algorithms and its intricate understanding of our social circles to filter the news we encounter. Amazon bestrides book publishing with its overwhelming hold on that market.

My passion outside of music is that I am a total gear head. My wife and I own six vehicles, three of which are off-road.

I've been into cars my whole life, I've always bought and sold a few here and there on the side, as kind of a hobby.

I remember that my dad worked on cars from the '70s and '80s, and that's where my love came from: appreciating - even if it was a piece of crap - how much he loved American muscle.

Art.com is a fantastic opportunity to move into the consumer space, as we have the content and now we have the means to go to the consumer and sell to them directly.

There aren't too many women out there who talk about cars. So that one person who I talk the most to about cars is my husband. It constitutes about 90 per cent of our conversations.

E-commerce is not an industry; e-commerce is a tactic.

The best car I ever had was a Mazda 626. I paid $72 for it. The guy told me if I towed it off his property I could do whatever I wanted to it. So I paid to have it towed to my house and me and my step-dad fixed it up and drove it until I totalled it.

Walmart is going to be very good at this e-commerce game.

There are retailers successfully combining conventional and online retail, like Argos or John Lewis.