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All Quotes by author - Kevin O'Leary

" All businesses require capital, management and labor, and business executives, wanting to grow and maintain profitable enterprises, have a strong incentive to keep costs, including labor, as low as possible. "

" A lot of people have said a lot of great things about Steve Jobs. And for good reason: he built the world's second-most valuable company, with billions in profits and products that have improved every aspect of our lives. But Steve didn't get there by being a soft, fluffy, Kumbaya-type leader. "

" Business is war. I go out there, I want to kill the competitors. I want to make their lives miserable. I want to steal their market share. I want them to fear me and I want everyone on my team thinking we're going to win. "

" Don't call me, I'll call you... I'm out. "

" I could have easily gone down the wrong path and dropped out of school, but I was given a second chance. "

" I don't mind rude people. I want people that I can make money with, so if their executional abilities are good, and they're arrogant and rude, I don't care. "

" I'd rather invest in an entrepreneur who has failed before than one who assumes success from day one. "

" If you want a friend, buy a dog. "

" I have met many entrepreneurs who have the passion and even the work ethic to succeed - but who are so obsessed with an idea that they don't see its obvious flaws. Think about that. If you can't even acknowledge your failures, how can you cut the rope and move on? "

" I'm not a tough guy. I'm just delivering the truth and only the truth and if you can't deal with it, too bad. "

" Know everything about the companies and people you are going to be negotiating with. Insist on getting the names of everyone participating in the negotiations. Leave no stone unturned; find out as much as you can. "

" Many blue-collar families struggling to pay rent would be happy to skip paying optional union dues. "

" Money equals freedom. "

" Money has no grey areas. You either make it or you lose it. "

" Money is my military, each dollar a soldier. I never send my money into battle unprepared and undefended. I send it to conquer and take currency prisoner and bring it back to me. "

" Nobody forces you to work at Wal-Mart. Start your own business! Sell something to Wal-Mart! "

" So much of life is a negotiation - so even if you're not in business, you have opportunities to practice all around you. "

" The practical reality of managing cars in the family - I do 36-month leases. I think they're horrible investments. And you want to give them back after their warranty is over. "

" There are a lot of impractical things about owning a Porsche. But they're all offset by the driving experience. It really is unique. Lamborghinis and Ferraris come close. And they are more powerful, but they don't handle like a Porsche. "

" Unions are about the collective leverage, the power of numbers versus the power of capital. "

" When you come to 'Shark Tank,' the only person you should listen to is me, because you know you're getting the truth. I'll decide if it's worth it, and after I'm finished, the rest of the people can look into it. "

" When you're an investor, you can look at the quantitative and qualitative elements of an investment, but there's a third aspect: What you feel in your gut. "

" When you're travelling, your day is jam-packed. I just don't have time to whip out a PC all the time. But I can whip out a BlackBerry and tweet. I keep a constant diary of where I'm at and why I'm there. "

" Working 24 hours a day isn't enough anymore. You have to be willing to sacrifice everything to be successful, including your personal life, your family life, maybe more. If people think it's any less, they're wrong, and they will fail. "

" You'd rather own gold; never own the miner. "

" You may lose your wife, you may lose your dog, your mother may hate you. None of those things matter. What matters is that you achieve success and become free. Then you can do whatever you like. "

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