Quotes by John Murdoch

“300 million people turned into jelly by The Wave and Rupert Murdoch wasn't one of them. There is no god.””

“I was asked rather suddenly to join a delegation going to China, early October (alas John couldn’t come because of Oxford term). (Another member was David Attenborough, the very nice animal TV man.)””

“At Cambridge I took minor (John major) part in a Virginia Woolf centenary conference. As I hadn’t read any VW since school (possibly college) days, I felt bound to reread at least all the novels. It’s super to wake up now in the morning and realise I don’t have to read a Virginia Woolf novel today. I am prepared to admire some of the stuff but do not like either it or her””

“Murdoch also derived comfort from some of the other reputable investors he heard Theranos had lined up. They included Cox Enterprises, the Atlanta-based, family-owned conglomerate whose chairman, Jim Kennedy, he was friendly with, and the Waltons of Walmart fame. Other big-name investors he didn’t know about ranged from Bob Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots, to Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim and John Elkann, the Italian industrialist who controlled Fiat Chrysler Automobiles.””

“Estoy triste, pero triste y feliz. Ha sido un privilegio poder compartir una pequeña parte de la vida de John Peel, que murió hace dos días […] Estoy aquí pensando en toda la maravillosa música que me descubrió. La esencia de Peel, las épicas huellas de la ambición a lo largo de los años.””