"I didn't get where I am today without knowing a favourable report when I read one."
"I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone and West Germany."
"I didn't get where I am today without learning how to compromise."
"I didn't get where I am today by biting people in the changing room."
"I didn't get where I am today without knowing the Algarve when I see it."
"I didn't get where I am today by wearing underpants decorated with Beethoven."
"I didn't get where I am today by saying 'earwig' instead of 'thank you'."
"I didn't get where I am today without having a little champagne, not too much, just enough."
"I didn't get where I am today by talking about Dutch parking meter disease!"
"I didn't get where I am today by shaking hands with the person on my right!"
"I didn't get where I am today without getting letters from cranks."
"I didn't get where I am today without making enemies."
"I didn't get where I am today wondering what life's all about."
"I didn't get where I am today by going on and on about gumboots."
"I didn't get where I am today by knowing the difference between one foreign country and another."
These quotes come from Wikiquote's The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin pages and are available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.

