“If there’s one single thing that I do every single time, it’s require references and, ideally, at least one reference from every company they’ve worked at.”

We’re in a very unique time where noise equals, in a lot of people’s perception, advocacy. And I fundamentally disagree with that.

Hiring great people is almost the most important thing you can do as a leader because they enable you to scale, and they create better leverage for you and your time.

My father represents a very interesting challenge to the Republican party. I think this is taking people by surprise. (But) I think that’s why he’s so welcomed by the American voters, because they want somebody who says what they are thinking.

Success isn’t something that happens to you; you happen to it.

I try not to be too hard on myself. My husband reminds me that life is a marathon, not a sprint.

I’ve never lived in a building without my name on it.

I like very strong guys. Successful guys. Not necessarily financially.

It’s important to be honest with and respectful of each other and deal with issues as they arrive, as opposed to letting them simmer.

Be passionate. If you are passionate, you will ultimately succeed.

People underestimate me, and that’s fine. I prefer to go into negotiations being underestimated.

Working in a family business, which obviously The Trump Organization is, is an incredible thing, but it’s complicated. It’s complex.

I was in total shock. I work so close [to home] that I figured I’d return to work and the baby nurse would bring the baby to me, and I’d run home periodically, and I’d make it work. But every two hours? That’s a whole other level. I’ll have to make a nursery at the office.

It’s important to get in the habit of growing as a human being, developing and refining leadership and management skills and entrepreneurial instincts and changing to accommodate the times.

The issues in America are so big, and the problems are enormously complicated. But I am incredibly confident in Donald Trump to be able to execute on his promise to the people who elected him.

A scale is only in balance for a brief second. Inevitably the pendulum swings. It’s impossible to maintain.

Modeling was not an endgame for me. I didn’t particularly enjoy the act of it.

I never enter a new company without the hope that I may discover a friend, perhaps the friend, sitting there with an expectant smile. That hope survives a thousand disappointments.

In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.

I travel in so many different ways; I travel high, I rough it, it all depends on who I travel with.

I have nobody. I have surrounded myself with people who are fake just because I need to talk to somebody.

Don’t bunt. Aim out of the ball park. Aim for the company of immortals.

If each of us hires people who are smaller than we are, we shall become a company of dwarfs. But if each of us hires people who are bigger than we are, we shall become a company of giants.

I just like the company of beautiful women. I have a weakness in that department.

I just like the company of beautiful women. I have a weakness in that department. And I suppose because I am fairly well off and a famous musician, I’m up for grabs. And that makes me an eligible bachelor in the press.