Aliko Dangote Quotes

I have about 40 cars, of which 25 to 30 are what you might call serious.

If you rent, that's it. You don't have to pay any interest to anybody. You don't have to pay any maintenance costs to anybody. You don't have to worry about whether the boiler is going to break down. While if you own your own home, you have a hundred aggravations.

I have very nice cars. I never get to drive them, because I'm never home.

We invented the car, and it made it easier for us to crash and die. If I gave a car to my grandfather, he would die in five minutes, while I have grown up slowly to accept speed.

I ride many different cars. Let's say I would drive 200 different vehicles in a year, so it's rather difficult to say which car or what car I ride. I love cars.

I felt weary of the responsibility of owning houses and was glad enough to pass mine on to others.

I would like you all to give me a round of applause as I have not crashed my car in over 15 months.

Yeah, it's risky, but no more risky than driving a car.

I started in the supermarket business in the early '70s. And by '75, '76, I realized you don't have a business unless you own the real estate.

I remember when I started off, my first car was a Kia Spectra. With a spoiler kit and some rims.

As a driver, you always want to be in the car getting as much experience as possible; especially when there's something new like different tyres.

I allow myself one nice car.

I am so pathetic with machines in real life, it's not a joke. I'd rather walk, or even run, than take the car out myself. I like to be driven around. Yes, I like fancy cars, and fancy bikes, too. It's my dream to learn how to ride one myself, but for now, I am content being driven around.

What a piece of garbage this smart car is. There's a commercial - the smart car has zero percent interest for six years. Well, good, I got zero percent in six years in buying this smart car. I'll tell you that much. I mean, it's ridiculous. My buddy has a smart car, totaled it. He hit a deer tick.

I have to have energy because I have a lot of expenses. A couple of cars, couple of dogs and a big estate.

I have an airplane hangar with 17 cars in it. That's no joke. I have a 'half pipe' in there, too - you know, like a big ramp, where I skateboard. It's awesome. It's the ultimate fantasy.

I've always listened to a lot of rap. It's all, 'Look at this car that cost me so much money, look at this Champagne.' It's super fun.

My first car was a 1986 Toyota pickup.

I knew I was going to lose my house in Ireland and all the other properties. It's all gone. But my house was the one material thing that was very important to me.

I've never been that person who wants a Rolls Royce or wants to live in a mansion or what have you.

I did not want to spend the rest of my life not being able to ride in a nice car.

When I was four years old, my mother owned some tenements in the Bronx.

Some people get a kick out of Taylor Hicks being their landlord.

I've never wanted to drive a car fast for the sake of it. I mean, I like nice cars. I've got the Bentley, I've had a Lotus, I've had a Rolls-Royce and a few Jaguars, including an E-type. But I'm not somebody for driving tremendously fast.

People think we're only into big buildings, but iconic houses have always been the real interest. We own 11 of the world's top hotels and all the support services needed to keep them running. Trump properties have to be the best - clubs, hotels, houses.