Jim Pattison Quotes

I come to work, and I have a good time. I have no reason to change anything that I do.

I've got a lot of respect for tuba players, just carrying that thing around.

We all fail - I have failed so many times, but it never discourages me. I just pick up and go.

In the Sixties, conglomerates were all the rage.

I've made more mistakes than anyone I know. Sometimes I learned something, and sometimes I just find myself doing it again. It makes me mad when I wasn't smart enough to learn the first time. You just think it's going to be different the next time, and it's not, as it turns out.

Today, public companies don't like the idea of conglomerates. People want to buy something in which they know where they are putting their money - into the food business or the oil and gas business. They don't want to put their money into a hodge-podge as a general rule.

No matter what business you are in, there is change, and it's happening pretty quickly.

During school, I'd advertise cars in the University of British Columbia newspaper.

I went into radio in 1965 when I got a license for CJOR 600 AM. It was my second business.

In Canada, things are very honest.

When I came out of high school, my objective in life was to get a job selling used cars, but after trying for two weeks, nobody would hire me.

My grade 3 teacher put on a kids' Christmas concert, and I played the kazoo, so my mother bought me a trumpet. I took lessons for eight years, was in the Kitsilano Boys Band, and I played in the Vancouver Junior Symphony for two years.

My dad made a huge impact on me in terms of right and wrong.

When you live in Vancouver, you realize most of the population is in eastern North America.

What I like most about an aquarium is that all ages, from toddlers to pre-schoolers to retired grandparents, can really enjoy the wonders of the sea.

I probably fly twice a week, within Canada and the States.

When I was 8 years old, I sold garden seeds.

It's quite normal to hear of a change and see it as a problem, but it's probably an opportunity, depending on how quickly you can adjust.

Radio had been very good to me as a car dealer. It's flexible, and it's fast - you can get on the air in an hour and change your message - and compared to other types of media, it's very good value.

I track some long hours.

I've always believed that competition is good for consumers and good for businesses.

In my job, I have many operations, so I tend to use time in my car to think. I get in the car after work and drive all night -11 hours, Vancouver to Banff.

People in the high-tech sector are living with change every hour. They can get up in the morning and find themselves behind already.