Kevin O'Leary Quotes

Canadian - Businessman Born: July 9, 1954

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

Dog, Friend, You, Want, Buy

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, Driving, Unique

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, Only, Tough Guy

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, Never

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

Leader, Good, Great, People, World, Said

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, People, Sacrifice

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

Fear, Business, War, Team, Thinking, Win

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. Kevin O'Leary

Truth, People, Me, Rest, You, Worth

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, Driving, Think, Long

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

Money, You, Lose, Grey, Make, Either

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

Power, Numbers, Unions, Leverage, About

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. Kevin O'Leary

Success, Dog, Mother, Wife, Hate, Free

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

Feel, You, Look, Investment, 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, Everyday

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, I Can

Filming 'The Road to Riches' was surprisingly difficult for me. I learned that going back to career successes and failures can be emotionally exhausting as you are forced to revisit the euphoric highs and painful lows in high speed. Kevin O'Leary

Me, Road, You, Speed, Career, Difficult

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, Life Is A, You

Money equals freedom. - Kevin O'Leary

Money equals freedom. Kevin O'Leary

Freedom, Money, Equals

Don't call me, I'll call you... I'm out. Kevin O'Leary

Me, You, Call, Out

The only reason to do business is to make money; that's the only reason for doing business. Kevin O'Leary

Business, Money, Doing, Reason, Only

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, I Can, Why, Diary

Software is becoming no different than a videotape or a record album or a paperback book, and not all of us are ready for that change. Kevin O'Leary

Change, Book, Software, Ready, Different

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

If you put a woman in prison for four years when she's young and make her pay her time in a horrible place and she wants to come out and work, and become a mother and be a contributor to society and pay taxes and you never give her that chance. There is something un-Canadian about that. Kevin O'Leary

Work, Mother, Time, Woman, Society, 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. Kevin O'Leary

Family, Reality, Think, You, Want, Back

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

Gold, You, Own, Never, Rather, Miner

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