Kevin O'Leary Quotes

Canadian - Businessman Born: July 9, 1954

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

Life, Business, Practice, Opportunities

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. Kevin O'Leary

Truth, Tough, You, Bad, Tough Guy, Only

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. Kevin O'Leary

Money, Me, Battle, Conquer, Back, Dollar

Money equals freedom. - Kevin O'Leary

Money equals freedom. Kevin O'Leary

Freedom, Money, Equals

If you want a friend, buy a dog. Kevin O'Leary

Dog, Friend, You, Want, Buy

Unions are about the collective leverage, the power of numbers versus the power of capital. Kevin O'Leary

Power, Numbers, Unions, Leverage, About

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. Kevin O'Leary

Experience, Powerful, Unique, Driving

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? Kevin O'Leary

Work, Passion, Move On, Work Ethic, You

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. Kevin O'Leary

Life, Family, Day, Sacrifice, People

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. Kevin O'Leary

Good, Leader, Great, People, World, Said

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. Kevin O'Leary

Investment, Look, You, Feel, Gut, Your

Here's how I think of my money - as soldiers - I send them out to war everyday. I want them to take prisoners and come home, so there's more of them. Kevin O'Leary

Home, War, Money, Think, Want, Soldiers

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. Kevin O'Leary

Family, Think, Reality, You, Want, Back

Once Michigan stood proud. In addition to GM, Ford and Chrysler, it was home base for the United Auto Workers, a powerful escalator transporting hundreds of thousands of blue-collar workers into America's middle class. Kevin O'Leary

Home, America, Powerful, Proud, Class

In his first term, President Barack Obama played a cautious manager navigating the worst economic disaster since the Great Depression and cleaning up the messes left by President George W. Bush in Iraq and Afghanistan. Kevin O'Leary

Depression, Great, Manager, Cleaning, Up

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. Kevin O'Leary

Business, Fear, War, Team, Thinking, Me

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. Kevin O'Leary

Good, Money, Mind, People, Care, Want

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. Kevin O'Leary

Business, Strong, Management, Grow, Low

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

Success, Day, Entrepreneur, Invest, Than

Money has no grey areas. You either make it or you lose it. Kevin O'Leary

Money, Lose, You, Grey, Either, Make

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. Kevin O'Leary

Time, Day, You, Why, I Can, Diary

Nobody forces you to work at Wal-Mart. Start your own business! Sell something to Wal-Mart! Kevin O'Leary

Work, Business, Start, You, Nobody, Own

I'm starting to think about things that I want to do, things that are fun. One of them is driving a car like a Porsche. I've driven a lot of cars - sedans, trucks and big family vehicles all year long. But there's nothing like a four-wheel-drive Porsche. Kevin O'Leary

Family, Car, Fun, Think, Driving, Long

You'd rather own gold; never own the miner. Kevin O'Leary

Gold, You, Never, Own, Rather, Miner

There's something very visceral about watching people beg for money. It's powerful. Kevin O'Leary

Money, People, Powerful, Watching, Very

Imagine how foolish you'd look if, like one clever salesman who once pitched to me, you tried to license your product to a big industry player without knowing they just launched a competing product. With the right background research, he could have avoided that and other landmines - and so can you. Kevin O'Leary

Research, Me, Look, You, Knowing, Clever

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