Venkatraman Ramakrishnan Quotes

There are lots of jobs and investment in Scotland dependent on our membership of the E.U. single market.

It's very important that every movie I do makes money because I want the people that had the faith in me to get their money back.

I think they got caught up in how much money they could get from each of the city governments as far as tax rebates. But that stuff works when you make money. It's a little bit phantom money.

The role of private equity as fiduciaries is certainly to make money.

There's very little substitute in the business world for making money.

When I see people laughing at ideas and companies we have backed, I smile. It means we are going to make a lot of money on that investment.

What's a fact is that we give more than £350 million to the European Union and hand over control of that money to the European Union every week.

I am very worried about politicians who know that their countries are greatly benefiting financially and at the same time are saying that the European Union is not good for us. The message has to be coherent.

Being part of the E.U. is central to how we in the U.K. create jobs, expand trade and protect our interests around the world.

At the core of the European Union must be, as it is now, the single market. Britain is at the heart of that Single Market, and must remain so.

I recognise that fishing is perhaps not the most high-employment industry in this country, but it's a symbol of what we lost when we entered the E.U.: control over national resources that, if we retained them, we could have husbanded in our interest and, indeed, in the interest of others.

My investors expect me to maximize profits.

Being in the European Union has its advantages, and I think that is what the British are beginning to understand, what those who are tempted by the Brexit are going to reflect upon.

Many businesses in Yorkshire want the security and stability of Britain's continued membership of the European Union, a cause I look forward to championing passionately in this place and elsewhere.

People will invest in you only if they see some kind of return, and that's the dark truth.

And being in the EU has given Britain a stronger voice in the world. Britain leads in Europe, from trade to climate change, from good governance to debt relief for the poorest nations, and in turn Europe helps to lead the world.

The Leave campaign claims we send £350 million a week to Europe. This is untrue. When you take into account the rebate Margaret Thatcher got for us and the money we get back in E.U. funding, the true figure is nowhere near that.

We have an obligation to provide a return for our shareholders.

I've invested a couple million into touring, and that's paid off.

When it comes to whether Britain should remain in the European Union, almost all political parties and traditions - Labour, the Greens, Liberal Democrats, the SNP, Plaid Cymru, and half of the Tory Party - agree that we are better off in Europe.

When you get world-class investment, you get world-class results.

Ideally, I want my films to work because I want the people who have invested their money to get back their investment and make profits too.

Offshore oil and gas has proven to be a vital strategic resource for the United Kingdom. Not only has it contributed to Britain's energy security over decades, but it has supported hundreds of thousands of jobs across the country and contributed hundreds of billions of pounds in taxes to the economy.

You can have a big hit and not get rich.

We should do everything we can to demonstrate to the U.K. the attractiveness of the E.U.