Claude Littner quotes from The Apprentice

Claude Littner

(on Scott's attempts to secure work during leaflets) What a complete waste of time!

Claude Littner

(Reading from Richard's plan) "Project X. A fully managed and implemented business growth campaign that starts with a focus base camp, to remove the clouds from our client's business growth mountain..."

Claude Littner

(after Lord Sugar hires Joseph) From Task one, I think he showed a certain caliber, a certain entrepreneurial flair that I think you don't see too often in a young man.

Claude Littner

(with exasperation) I don't get it! Wha...How would I know that's a New York skyline?! How would I know that's Majorca?!

Claude Littner

I will eat my shorts if that gets traction on social media. Hashtag concern.

Claude Littner

Well Courtney, I've been watching you for the last eleven weeks and frankly for most of that time I've wanted to kind of, smack you over the face to wake you up! Seriously, I look in your eyes and I think "Where's the energy? Where's the passion?"

Claude Littner

(as he pushes Courtney for a proper justification as to why he should have Lord Sugar's investment) Come on Courtney! Yes! Yes! YES!

Claude, I need to make myself stand out from all those other thousands of people-

Claude Littner

But not by being a prat! I could overlook it, perhaps, if it were an isolated incident. However, you then go on with your crassness. 'Why should you be Sir Alan's next apprentice?' 'I can bring ignorance to the table'.

I can.

Claude Littner

(slight pause) You think it's a quality?

It's a good style of ignorance...

Claude Littner

Oh, don't be daft! I mean it's just...

It's an ignorance about-

Claude Littner

The mistake you're making, James, is that you're trying to defend what's frankly indefensible.