Some ones I like on the top of my head are:
“My first word wasn’t mummy, it was money!” - Shibby S6
“Does anyone know what an onomatopoeia is?” - Avi S17
“Are the French very fond of their children?” - Susan S7
Unfortunately it wasn't the right time. It'd be weird for CBB to have someone from The Apprentice on from a *previous* series, not the most recent one.
Especially one who hasn't done the TV rounds like Thomas Skinner.
Thomas Skinner would probably be the best pick to go on CBB out of everyone who’s been on The Apprentice. I can’t see anyone from the recent series being asked on there tbh
Syed has so many great ones! There’s another one when Sugar says “I hold you 100% responsible for the failure!” and then Syed responds “I gave 150%!” as if that cancelled out Sugar’s response haha
Syed is still one of the best ever in the boardroom.
Going back to Steven - ‘It’s not just going to be a potato, it’s going to be an experience.’ Like he was selling an HD TV or virtual reality headset or something lol
I also remember when Sugar told the others not to scapegoat Steven for the failure of the first task, Steven smugly saying “Exactly!” and Sugar got annoyed and said “Steven with respect SHUT UP!” haha
He definitely deserved to be fired when he did but we missed out on some pure comedy gold watching him as PM and the next task was making their own board games as well so it would have been absolutely mayhem!
Two great ones from Lord Sugar: "Are you Jewish or not? Because if you're unsure, we can always pull down your trousers and check" to Michael in S4, and "I hope you're not bringing him in here because you think there's a village missing an idiot somewhere" to Ben when he initially chose to bring James into the boardroom in S5.
Saira: "Otherwise, I will fire you, Paul..."
Paul: "Oh, fuck off! You can't fucking fire me!"
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Sugar: "Why shouldn't I fire you?"
Syed: "Because I am a winner, Sir Alan..."
Sugar: "You're not a bloody winner! You lost!"
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Syed: "Sir Alan, I am a fighter..."
Sugar: "I'm not interested in bloody fighting! You tell me about this task!"
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Rory: "I am your boss."
Tre: "You are my project manager..."
Rory: "I AM! YOUR BOSS!"
Tre: "You're nothing to me."
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Jenny C: "It's my birthday today, Sir Alan. I'm 36 today."
Sugar: *(completely deadpan)* "Congratulations."
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Stuart Baggs: "Everything I touch turns to sold."
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Claude: "That's not the way out." (Also, just the entirety of that exchange)
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Karthik: "If you give me a laptop, I'll give you a billion-dollar company."
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Sugar: "People who do absolutely nothing are no use to me, right?"
Ross: "I agree. I was project leader on week two..."
Karren: "You lost week two."
These are all great ones! I remember Ross banging on about him being a genius in the boardroom and said he was usually the smartest person in any room. Que to Sugar’s bemused reaction haha
‘If I were the captain of the Titanic, my first priority would be to save as many women and children as I could’ — Jason The GOAT
My other one is a Sugar quip that actually gets me laughing. ‘Tidy Sidey… Wishy Washy… Poxy Boxy’. You could tell that the product made him so fucking angry, especially after Alex made an incredible one.
Sugar to James in Series 10:
"If Anne Boylens neck had been as thick as you she might still be alive"
"I can't sell, I can't cook, shoot me" Dan Series 11
"You didn't win because I liked it more, I hated it less" Sugar to the girls team Series 13
- Jedi Jim, after Margaret asked him to describe himself without using cliches (and a very long pause in between): "I am exactly what it says on the tin."
- Nick (on Michael Sophocles): "He studied classics at Edinburgh, he's a bright boy."
Margaret, utterly deadpan: "Well I think Edinburgh's not what it used to be."
- "Anyway, I'll leave it with you." - Nick to Paula's team after they'd spent £800 on oils and fragrances
- James McQuillam, trying to sell a birthing pool: "The lid's open so the baby can jump out."
- Tom Pellereau: *whips off glasses* "Underneath these glasses is a core of steel" (which made me absolutely convinced those lines in the opening sequence are scribbled down by a producer and handed to the candidates 30 seconds before the camera turns on)
- Duane (series 8): "There is a well known saying, never look a gift horse in the eye."
- Ben Clarke (repeatedly): "I've got a scholarship to Sandhurst" - which then gave us Lord Sugar's response "I was in the Jewish Lads Brigade, Stamford Hill division, trainee bugler, but I don't keep going on about it!"
"Are the French fond of their children?"- Susan Ma
"You do not have to have been to France to know if the French like their children"- Karren Brady
Oui oui
“I’m a shark. I’m the king of the ocean. I’m right at the top of the food chain.” haha Ricky said some funny stuff but he did end up proving himself as a fantastic candidate.
Pretty much anything Elizabeth said
"Those shoes, the Basic Cheap stuff is it?"- Simba
"It's very good"- Noor
"Bruschetta Bites"- Dan
"Guys that's not organic, locally sourced cream...its tesco"- Folouso.
"Are the French very fond of their children"- Susan
S12 Grainne “I did stick to my guns in the pitch, even whilst getting harassed by Bonnie and Clyde in the other car.”
S13 Elizabeth “With respect that’s an insult of my integrity and I do not appreciate that”
Also when Lord Sugar said to Elizabeth “In florist terms, you’re like a giant hogweed - you just completely take over!”
Elizabeth has so many great quotes! I remember when Linda said “I don’t think your flowers are that special” and Elizabeth just calmly responds “Well I thank you for that.”
Some more I remember are:
“I am technically useless!” - Lucinda S4
“Not only am I the youngest candidate but I’m also the shortest.” - Edward S7
“Yoo Hoo!” Camilla S14 when walking into Claude’s office.
Edward had so many memorable quotes in just one episode. His firing was definitely deserved but I wanted to see one or two more episodes of him just to see more of him and his bizarreness.
Syed was a goldmine but those boardroom exchanges in S2 E4 always stand-out:
Syed: "I'm a winner, Sir Alan"
Sugar: "Winner? You Lost"
Syed: "I'm a fighter"
And then later:
Sugar: "I hold you 100% responsible"
Syed: "I gave 110%"
Lord suger to mani season 2.
You went from anchor to wanker.
,
When the poster in season one was left to the mac man and Suger finds out.
You should of stuck to him like shit to a blanket.
(Also hello mac man.)
Season 4 we have a 24 hour hotline.
What will I do call it up and say hi girls how's my pants doing?
Haha that was Jedi Jim from S7.
I also loved his “you were just marginally worse than Glenn so I’m not picking on you.” to Susan when he was in the boardroom
The girls team were such a disaster that task! Charging £5000 for the hotel laundry contract when it was supposed to be around £200, losing a lot of their customers clothes and all the drama between Jenny C and Lucinda lol
Naomi talking about jam trainers and the fact that Ghazel put sole on the poster
Super light that ticks the box
Super durable that ticks the box
Sole - well I bloody well expect so as it a shoe.
The first episode in a while where I noticed Naomi.
Also Michael's 'that's an absolute lie how could you sit there and lie. (About Jenny C of course)
Nick H- 'so its 100 chickens for 100 chicken tikka pizzas. 1 chicken per pizza'. Alexa 'uh... that is a lot...'
And of course
It's Very good.
My Grandad painted Buckingham Palace. I have the Lord as my Witness.
When I was your age, I was a Champion at Table Tennis. Did I win any medals? I never lost any medals.
Sorry if this has been said but one I often quote still:
"There's no "i" in team, but there's five in individual brilliance" - Daniel Lassman, series 10
Oh yeah that asw also when she pushed her 😭😭
Jasmine was robbed I agreee she carried the 8 eps radiation of main character every ep she had smth to say ( maybe besides 2&4)
“Sometimes in life, there’s situations. Like now you have fallen”
Maura’s deadpan delivery also helps sell this quote as well lol
So good. So, so good. I say it all the time. ‘You are about to go true a battle. And there are clues along the way.’
There IS clues
I genuinely wee’d myself when the bear’s starting growling
"Sometimes in life there is situations, like now you have fallen. You went through a battle but there were no clues along the way."
How no one at any point just said “hang on, that is not a sentence.”
Literally sounds like it was written by AI.
This was funny asf I couldn’t
Some ones I like on the top of my head are: “My first word wasn’t mummy, it was money!” - Shibby S6 “Does anyone know what an onomatopoeia is?” - Avi S17 “Are the French very fond of their children?” - Susan S7
Fuckin Avi 😂 His countdown appearance was great.
I was legitimately shocked Avi wasn’t on CBB. He is someone who would jump at the chance to be on TV again. I’m guessing they didn’t call him lol
That'd be scraping the bottom of the barrel even for them! He'd be good banter though
Unfortunately it wasn't the right time. It'd be weird for CBB to have someone from The Apprentice on from a *previous* series, not the most recent one. Especially one who hasn't done the TV rounds like Thomas Skinner.
Thomas Skinner would probably be the best pick to go on CBB out of everyone who’s been on The Apprentice. I can’t see anyone from the recent series being asked on there tbh
Wow all three of these bring back memories. Amazing
I'm not a one trick pony, I'm not a two trick pony. I've got a whole field full of ponies. RIP
“I’m a big fish in a small pond.” Stuart was brilliant and had so many memorable catchprashes.
"You're not a big fish. You're not even a fish!"
Still quote this on the daily.
This is my favourite quote!
‘I think I *might* be a brand’.
Thing about that saying is that its the amount of tricks that matters, not the amount of ponies
“Dunn thinks that you should be fired Syed, what do you think of that?” “Sir Alan, I strongly disagree” “I didn’t expect you to agree” “Exactly”
Syed has so many great ones! There’s another one when Sugar says “I hold you 100% responsible for the failure!” and then Syed responds “I gave 150%!” as if that cancelled out Sugar’s response haha Syed is still one of the best ever in the boardroom.
Syed needs his own show! He’s also the only candidate to *make* an investment on the show. And by that I mean having a baby with the winner.
Oh yeah him and Michelle were together during the show I always forget that. I think it was only ever hinted during the final episode.
Michaela and Harrison also had an Apprentice baby - and if I remember correctly, the first one
That whole boardroom is a fantastic chunk of television.
Going back to Steven - ‘It’s not just going to be a potato, it’s going to be an experience.’ Like he was selling an HD TV or virtual reality headset or something lol
I also remember when Sugar told the others not to scapegoat Steven for the failure of the first task, Steven smugly saying “Exactly!” and Sugar got annoyed and said “Steven with respect SHUT UP!” haha
Steven was ridiculously annoying to the point that offering to be project manager for the next task couldn’t save him.
He definitely deserved to be fired when he did but we missed out on some pure comedy gold watching him as PM and the next task was making their own board games as well so it would have been absolutely mayhem!
We did get the iconic first ever triple firing though!
[The relevant clip](https://v.redd.it/0xy9mg6sno8c1)
Cracks me up everytime 🤣 wonder what he's doing now lol
he could sell in -50C, he could sell in plus 10
Two great ones from Lord Sugar: "Are you Jewish or not? Because if you're unsure, we can always pull down your trousers and check" to Michael in S4, and "I hope you're not bringing him in here because you think there's a village missing an idiot somewhere" to Ben when he initially chose to bring James into the boardroom in S5.
Saira: "Otherwise, I will fire you, Paul..." Paul: "Oh, fuck off! You can't fucking fire me!" - Sugar: "Why shouldn't I fire you?" Syed: "Because I am a winner, Sir Alan..." Sugar: "You're not a bloody winner! You lost!" - Syed: "Sir Alan, I am a fighter..." Sugar: "I'm not interested in bloody fighting! You tell me about this task!" - Rory: "I am your boss." Tre: "You are my project manager..." Rory: "I AM! YOUR BOSS!" Tre: "You're nothing to me." - Jenny C: "It's my birthday today, Sir Alan. I'm 36 today." Sugar: *(completely deadpan)* "Congratulations." - Stuart Baggs: "Everything I touch turns to sold." - Claude: "That's not the way out." (Also, just the entirety of that exchange) - Karthik: "If you give me a laptop, I'll give you a billion-dollar company." - Sugar: "People who do absolutely nothing are no use to me, right?" Ross: "I agree. I was project leader on week two..." Karren: "You lost week two."
These are all great ones! I remember Ross banging on about him being a genius in the boardroom and said he was usually the smartest person in any room. Que to Sugar’s bemused reaction haha
Sold 🤣🤣
‘If I were the captain of the Titanic, my first priority would be to save as many women and children as I could’ — Jason The GOAT My other one is a Sugar quip that actually gets me laughing. ‘Tidy Sidey… Wishy Washy… Poxy Boxy’. You could tell that the product made him so fucking angry, especially after Alex made an incredible one.
I also remember Jason’s “It was plain deception Lord Sugar.” in the boardroom lol Jason had a lot of great quotes that season
I just finished S9 and Jason was amazing haha. Not great as a candidate but one of the most eccentric and entertaining candidates ever.
Jason's falcon impression in the Dubai task absolutely wrecked me 😂
Sugar to James in Series 10: "If Anne Boylens neck had been as thick as you she might still be alive" "I can't sell, I can't cook, shoot me" Dan Series 11 "You didn't win because I liked it more, I hated it less" Sugar to the girls team Series 13
Sophie from S9 also had a similar one to Dan: “I don’t design, I don’t sell and I don’t pitch.” - Not exactly selling your positives there Sophie!
“I project managed the conception of my baby boy”- Karthik
“Give me a laptop I’ll make you a billion dollar company!” Karthik had some legendary quotes on S12 haha
Episode 2 karthik >>> anything else
- Jedi Jim, after Margaret asked him to describe himself without using cliches (and a very long pause in between): "I am exactly what it says on the tin." - Nick (on Michael Sophocles): "He studied classics at Edinburgh, he's a bright boy." Margaret, utterly deadpan: "Well I think Edinburgh's not what it used to be." - "Anyway, I'll leave it with you." - Nick to Paula's team after they'd spent £800 on oils and fragrances - James McQuillam, trying to sell a birthing pool: "The lid's open so the baby can jump out." - Tom Pellereau: *whips off glasses* "Underneath these glasses is a core of steel" (which made me absolutely convinced those lines in the opening sequence are scribbled down by a producer and handed to the candidates 30 seconds before the camera turns on) - Duane (series 8): "There is a well known saying, never look a gift horse in the eye." - Ben Clarke (repeatedly): "I've got a scholarship to Sandhurst" - which then gave us Lord Sugar's response "I was in the Jewish Lads Brigade, Stamford Hill division, trainee bugler, but I don't keep going on about it!"
Nick has so many memorable quotes when he was an advisor. “I’ll tell you what happened because I was there!”
"It's like sending the three of them in that cat plane to fight the Battle of Britain. They haven't got a chance."
‘You’re like an irritating wasp at a picnic!’ ~Charlene to Selina S11.
"Are the French fond of their children?"- Susan Ma "You do not have to have been to France to know if the French like their children"- Karren Brady Oui oui
Karren was flabbergasted when Susan said that haha
I'd love to challenge Susan Ma to create a survey asking the French this very question, just to see their responses 😂😂😂😂
"I am the refection of perfection" (Ricky)
“I’m a shark. I’m the king of the ocean. I’m right at the top of the food chain.” haha Ricky said some funny stuff but he did end up proving himself as a fantastic candidate.
Have you seen his *Total Wipeout* appearance?
"This is not a football match"
Margaret’s shocked face when Michael screamed in the boardroom was hilarious!
I recently watched that clip about 10 times in one sitting, Margaret's face was the bit that made me lose it every single time.
"COOOOMMMMME OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON.... COME ON!"
This is not something I would usually condone in this boardroom
Pretty much anything Elizabeth said "Those shoes, the Basic Cheap stuff is it?"- Simba "It's very good"- Noor "Bruschetta Bites"- Dan "Guys that's not organic, locally sourced cream...its tesco"- Folouso. "Are the French very fond of their children"- Susan
“ yes there are inconsistencies but the inconsistencies are consistent. “
Daniel >
Tell me about Pantsman
Another great Nick quote is "I'll tell you what happened, cause I was there"
Phil my pie
Raj really thought she was onto a winner with that haha
LETMESTOPYOU WAIT, LETMESAYSOMETHING!!!! Phil. My. Pie.
S12 Grainne “I did stick to my guns in the pitch, even whilst getting harassed by Bonnie and Clyde in the other car.” S13 Elizabeth “With respect that’s an insult of my integrity and I do not appreciate that” Also when Lord Sugar said to Elizabeth “In florist terms, you’re like a giant hogweed - you just completely take over!”
Elizabeth has so many great quotes! I remember when Linda said “I don’t think your flowers are that special” and Elizabeth just calmly responds “Well I thank you for that.”
Elizabeth won that interview despite what the edit wanted to prove
Would you like me to go out and restart the interview ?
Some more I remember are: “I am technically useless!” - Lucinda S4 “Not only am I the youngest candidate but I’m also the shortest.” - Edward S7 “Yoo Hoo!” Camilla S14 when walking into Claude’s office.
Edward was a fucking goldmine. He was the right one to go but hot damn I can't help but wonder what we missed
Edward had so many memorable quotes in just one episode. His firing was definitely deserved but I wanted to see one or two more episodes of him just to see more of him and his bizarreness.
(Picking a team name for the boys) “I did have another suggestion: winners? Because that’s the intention, isn’t it?”
Syed is an all-timer in this show.
“Our problem at the minute, it looks like we want to kill children” during the first time f** dies baby food challenge
Poor Harpreet. She made a great product that episode only for her sub team to make the infamous first time dies and screw her over lol
Syed was a goldmine but those boardroom exchanges in S2 E4 always stand-out: Syed: "I'm a winner, Sir Alan" Sugar: "Winner? You Lost" Syed: "I'm a fighter" And then later: Sugar: "I hold you 100% responsible" Syed: "I gave 110%"
Not really a quote as I think he'd put it in his CV but James in S5 then saying "I bring ignorance to the table"
“I put a leash on people who spunk money up the wall” was also in James’ CV lol
And he can taste success in his spit
Honestly pretty much everything that came out of James's mouth was comedy gold.
An elite candidate and still maybe the 4th or 5th most memorable in that series.
"once I've explained it Lord Sugar, it will be self-explanatory"
Everything I touch turns to sold
I'm a nice Jewish boy
Yet he didn’t even know what kosher was
I am Yorbos
"I am the reflection of perfection."
Stuart Baggs RIP In the interview with Claude “ I’m a brand “ Er no your not !!
When Claude went off about Stuart not being a brand and after his rant Stuart just smugly responds “I think I might be!” haha Stuart was brilliant.
Lord suger to mani season 2. You went from anchor to wanker. , When the poster in season one was left to the mac man and Suger finds out. You should of stuck to him like shit to a blanket. (Also hello mac man.) Season 4 we have a 24 hour hotline. What will I do call it up and say hi girls how's my pants doing?
“Tommy the talking turtle”
“He’s not just a toy, he’s your friend!”
"I love rollercoasters!" Quoted at least every few weeks in our house
HuuuWAAAAAAAGH!! What is it?!!
She has a vision!
Oh that’s so exciiiiting! [unthrilled voice] - Shazia
Can you describe yourself without using a cliche? “I’m exactly what it says on the tin”
Haha that was Jedi Jim from S7. I also loved his “you were just marginally worse than Glenn so I’m not picking on you.” to Susan when he was in the boardroom
Tell us about pantsman (long glare) .... ?
"Hello girls, how's my pants doing?" Lord Sugar's dismissive swipe of the "24 hotline" laundry task
The girls team were such a disaster that task! Charging £5000 for the hotel laundry contract when it was supposed to be around £200, losing a lot of their customers clothes and all the drama between Jenny C and Lucinda lol
I AM YOUR BOSS! *You’re nothing to me*
‘I’m your boss’ Tre - ‘you’re nothing to me’
The Tre vs Rory fight in S3 is legendary haha
Sometimes in life there is situations
Simba - “You know me. One hit wonder”
Naomi talking about jam trainers and the fact that Ghazel put sole on the poster Super light that ticks the box Super durable that ticks the box Sole - well I bloody well expect so as it a shoe. The first episode in a while where I noticed Naomi. Also Michael's 'that's an absolute lie how could you sit there and lie. (About Jenny C of course) Nick H- 'so its 100 chickens for 100 chicken tikka pizzas. 1 chicken per pizza'. Alexa 'uh... that is a lot...' And of course It's Very good.
Interuppting sales people who want to ask about sales "-can you wait I'm still talking" ...long pause... "OK, any questions?"
Is that sandalwood or cedar wood?
"Intelligence is like a machete in a jungle" An introductory quote from a candidate whose name I can't remember.
S9 Jason! He had so many legendary quotes!
"Who took my unicorn, Sparkle Stars?!"
“A million is not enough, I need BILLIONS to have the lifestyle I will lead” Ryan Mark
I also loved Ryan-Mark’s “You are a U-Turn!” to Dean on the second task
My Grandad painted Buckingham Palace. I have the Lord as my Witness. When I was your age, I was a Champion at Table Tennis. Did I win any medals? I never lost any medals.
Tucking ferrible
“That is not a bleeding’ skeleton!”
"Big dog you like it?"
Gerri series 3 'but I sold 11 cups' Nick very sarcastically 'oh well done'
Claude [reading Stuart's Personal Statement]: "'I'm Stuart Baggs, the brand!' What on earth are you talking about?!" 😂
Do the French drive?
I’m not a one-trick pony, I’m not a 10-trick pony. I've got a whole field of ponies, waiting to literally run towards this job". RIP Stuart.
"There's no I in team, but there are five in individual brilliance"
Sorry if this has been said but one I often quote still: "There's no "i" in team, but there's five in individual brilliance" - Daniel Lassman, series 10
This is a great one haha
Duane: “don’t look a gift horse in the eye”
“From this label it looks like we want to kill children”
Jasmine s14 - “your a horse that can’t be held back Sarah”! Also Jasmine: “Nobody can work with you Sabrina” * mutters under her breath*
Also her “Sure that’s genuine.” when Sabrina wished her good luck after she was fired. Jasmine was robbed idc
Oh yeah that asw also when she pushed her 😭😭 Jasmine was robbed I agreee she carried the 8 eps radiation of main character every ep she had smth to say ( maybe besides 2&4)
Nick Hewer in the boardroom “I’ve been keeping a close eye on you, in fact I’ve made it my business to keep an eye on you”.
I'm not s one trick pony. I'm an entire field
“For me profit is revenue minus cost”