Top 22 Quotes by Mark Shand

I was probably spoilt, if I'm being totally honest.

If you look back at history, the various Maharajas of the Indian empire actually helped support a whole British industry. The royalty in those days ordered exotic cars in huge numbers.

Richard Burton is one of my heroes.

There are 13 Asian countries that still have elephants, and Elephant Family is looking to invest in further projects that will be the most critical for saving elephants while there is still time.

People are so difficult. Give me an elephant any day.

The elephant can survive only if forests survive.

Elephants seek food elsewhere if their route is blocked, and raiding crops and grain stores brings them into conflict with people, often resulting in deaths on both sides.

You can cut a tree down, and it grows back. Once a species goes, it's gone forever.

If you cut down the forest, you know what happens: The whole of Asia turns into a desert. Without water, you're talking civil unrest, war, mud slides - the whole bloody lot.

If I was a businessman, I could have made a huge amount of money. But none of that really crossed my mind while I was young and traveling.