Kevin O'Leary Quotes

Canadian - Businessman Born: July 9, 1954

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

Power, Unions, Numbers, Leverage, About

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, Bad, You, Tough Guy, Only

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

Family, Life, Day, Sacrifice, People

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

Dog, Friend, You, Want, Buy

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

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, Me, Thinking

I have had some great successes and great failures. I think every entrepreneur has. I try to learn from all of them. Kevin O'Leary

Great, Think, Entrepreneur, Learn, Try

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

Look, Feel, You, Investment, Gut, Your

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

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, Driving, Unique, Powerful

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

Money, Lose, You, Grey, Make, Either

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

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, People, Mind, Care, Want

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, Look, You

Being an employee is a bad outcome. You want to avoid that. Being an employee is never a good outcome. That's just an opinion. Kevin O'Leary

Good, Opinion, Bad, You, Want, Never

Don't cry for money. It never cries for you. Kevin O'Leary

Money, Cry, You, Never, Cries

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, Management, Strong, Grow, Low

I'm not trying to make friends, I'm just trying to make money. Kevin O'Leary

Money, Friends, Trying, Just, Make

Money equals freedom. - Kevin O'Leary

Money equals freedom. Kevin O'Leary

Freedom, Money, Equals

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, Succeed, Work Ethic, You

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, Soldiers, Want

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

Money, People, Powerful, Watching, Beg

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, Ready, Software, Different

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

Path, School, Chance, Second Chance, Out

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, Great Depression

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

Dog, Success, Mother, Wife, Hate, Free

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