Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" I think you have to judge everything based on your personal taste. And if that means being critical, so be it. I hate political correctness. I absolutely loathe it. "
Simon Cowell
Your
Hate
Judge
Related Quotes:
" Of course I have an ego, but you have to have an ego. You have to be incredibly competitive. I can get competitive at times, way too much, and it becomes a little bit obsessive. "
Simon Cowell
I Can
Little
Too Much
" I don't have sophisticated tastes. I have average tastes. If you looked in my collection of DVDs, you'd see 'Jaws' and 'Star Wars.' In the book library, you'd see John Grisham and Sidney Sheldon. And if you look in my fridge, it's, like, children's food - chips, milkshakes, yogurt. "
Simon Cowell
You
Book
Children
" When I look at it now, the whole punk thing is sort of comedy in a weird way. "
Simon Cowell
Punk
Way
Comedy
" You don't go into anything contemplating failure, because if you did, you wouldn't make it. "
Simon Cowell
Did
Failure
Because
" When someone asks, 'Does success make you into a monster?' I always say, 'No, it enables you to be a monster.' "
Simon Cowell
Make
Say
Always
" I think of stress as the creator of cancer and heart attacks, like a tiny little ball you feed. I believe that one of the reasons I've never got ill is that I'm not stressed. "
Simon Cowell
Think
You
Stress
" The secret of my success is that I make other people money. And, never ever, ever, ever be ashamed about trying to earn as much as possible for yourself, if the person you're working with is also making money. That's life! "
Simon Cowell
Success
Life
Money
" Sometimes when you have a record out, you think you're going to go in at No. 1 but you go in at No. 8. So your second record has to be better. That's how I treat it. "
Simon Cowell
Think
You
Treat
" I got good advice once. Someone said to me: 'Live in your money rather than look at it.' "
Simon Cowell
Live
Look
Good
" I'm not sure who has the right to say that you have better taste than somebody else, because essentially what you're doing is calling millions of people morons. "
Simon Cowell
People
Right
You
" When I think of invention, I always think of America. You're always seeing ads: 'Have you got the next big idea?' There seems to be that spirit in America of inventions and inventors. "
Simon Cowell
You
Big
America
" I couldn't think of anything worse than being in an unhappy marriage. It worries me because I've seen it destroy people. "
Simon Cowell
People
Me
Marriage
" I don't think I can do this anymore. "
Simon Cowell
Think
I Can
Anymore
" I want people to understand that from the minute Lady Gaga arrived, she created a new set of rules: being different is good; embrace it. "
Simon Cowell
Being Different
People
Good
" I still put punctuation in my texts. If it's an 'I', I make sure it's a capital. "
Simon Cowell
Still
Punctuation
Make
" You know what the secret to weight loss is? Don't eat much. "
Simon Cowell
Eat
Know
Much
" There's no need for me to get married. I live with someone; we're happy; end of story. "
Simon Cowell
Need
Story
Me
" If you've got a big mouth and you're controversial, you're going to get attention. "
Simon Cowell
Attention
You
Mouth
" My attitude is, if someone's going to criticize me, tell me to my face. "
Simon Cowell
Tell
Attitude
Face
" We have hated the French for years. Now you have just joined the club. It makes you much more likable. "
Simon Cowell
Just
Years
You
" There was nothing I could - and wanted to - learn in school. It was just a complete waste of my time. "
Simon Cowell
Nothing
School
Time
" I should get a dog. I would get a rescue dog. I like mutts; I don't care. I would probably get a three-legged dog no one else would want. "
Simon Cowell
Rescue
Like
Get
" I think America is a hard nut to crack. But once you get a toehold, it's a great place for an entrepreneur because people are so enthusiastic, and you have the most enthusiastic audiences in world. "
Simon Cowell
World
America
Great
" Everyone who turns up on 'X Factor' does it because a door has been closed to them at some time in their lives, and this is the only shot they have got. "
Simon Cowell
Got
Everyone
Door
" Every show I've ever, you know, produced, essentially it's the show I want to watch myself. "
Simon Cowell
Know
You
Show
" I was 12 years old when I first realized that food could be hot. That's why I turned out the way I am. "
Simon Cowell
Food
Hot
Why
" Thank God kids love following an artist. When you get a group who pop, it's the best thing in the world. "
Simon Cowell
Thank God
You
Best
" I love TV. I love being behind the scenes on a TV show but there's something about, I don't know there's something very special when you've signed an artist and that first record comes in and it's a good record. It is an indescribable feeling. "
Simon Cowell
Artist
Feeling
Know
" I've always treated the music business as a business. "
Simon Cowell
Music Business
Always
Music
" I hate belongings. I hate clutter. It really bothers me because I can't think properly. If you've got distractions in front of you, your mind goes nuts. "
Simon Cowell
Mind
Me
You