“Nothing is easy, but who wants nothing?”

I’m worth far too much money. I don’t need anybody’s money.

Imagine voting for someone who promises to raise your taxes.

When somebody challenges you, fight back. Be brutal, be tough.

Your business, and your brand must first let people know what you care about and that you care about them.

Criticism is easier to take when you realize that the only people who aren’t criticized are those who don’t take risks.

Entrepreneurs are always taking feedback, especially from their customers, bankers, workers, and sales force.

In the end, you’re measured not by how much you undertake but by what you finally accomplish.

I discovered, for the first time but not the last, that politicians don’t care too much what things cost. It’s not their money.

My style of deal-making is quite simple and straightforward. I aim very high, and then I just keep pushing and pushing and pushing to get what I’m after.

Success comes from failure, not from memorizing the right answers.

So many people are on television that don’t know me, and they’re like experts on me.

That’s my attitude on the military. I don’t like telling the enemy what I’m doing.

Our country is being run by incompetent people.

To be honest I inherited a mess. It’s a mess. At home and abroad, a mess.

The worst of times often create the best opportunities to make good deals.

I am never tired of winning, and as your president I will win for you, the American people. I’m with you!

Wherever smart people work, doors are unlocked.

The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.

Luxury goods are the only area in which it is possible to make luxury margins.

The great business of man is to improve his mind, and govern his manners; all other projects and pursuits, whether in our power to compass or not, are only amusements.

I think in business, you have to learn to be patient. Maybe I’m not very patient myself. But I think that I’ve learned the most is be able to wait for something and get it when it’s the right time.

What we do in our group is the opposite of the bad effects of globalization. We produce in Italy and in France and we sell to China, when usually it’s the opposite.

Become an expert in one fundamental area of your market or business, no one starts out as a generalist.

It is not enough to have a talented designer; the management must be inspired too. The creative process is very disorganised; the production process has to be very rational.