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

Kevin O'Leary Quotes

Canadian - Businessman Born: July 9, 1954

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

Porsche, Like, Offset

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

Leverage, Unions, Capital

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

Conquer, Bring, Unprepared

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

Rather, Assumes, Before

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, Feel, Gut

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

Mind, Want, Arrogant

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

Business, Practice, Around

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

Thinking, Out, Steal

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

Wife, Like, May

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

Work, Business, Wal-Mart

If I were the president of the United States, I would make unions illegal. They no longer serve a functional purpose in democracy, in my view. Kevin O'Leary

United States, Unions

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

Money, Trying, Make

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

Money, Lose, Either

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

Listen, Decide, Worth

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

Gold, Never, Rather

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

Software, Album, Becoming

I think every entrepreneur in Canada owes the next generation a road map of how to do it again. Kevin O'Leary

Generation, Think, Next

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

Want, Friend, Buy

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

Cut, Idea, Entrepreneurs

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

Deal, Tough Guy, Delivering

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

Business, Doing, Reason

There are a lot of idiot fund managers out there who add no value to the process at all. Kevin O'Leary

Process, Add, Lot

When you bring an idea that has no merit to me, and you ask me to comment on it, I'm going to tell you it has no merit. Kevin O'Leary

Going, Tell, Idea

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

Your, Maybe, Willing

My problem with unions is they breed mediocrity. Kevin O'Leary

Mediocrity, Problem, Unions

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

Money, Think, Here

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