Everything has a trend to it; I don't care if it's appliances or engines. I always ask: What has a company done in the past five years that somebody's noticed?

You can't run a business without taking risks.

I don't buy art. I'd rather buy a beautiful location or a beautiful site than buy art. A beautiful home is like owning a beautiful painting, except you can live in it.

I'm always looking over my shoulder, needing to stay ahead of the game.

What matters is hard work, and emotional intelligence.

People put 'study abroad' on their resume. I actually like when they don't study abroad because that means they aren't entitled.

Most obstacles are inspiration.

I'm an agent of change all day long, and I want to meet other people like that.

Good taste shouldn't have to cost anything extra.

I spot detail quickly.

A merchant is someone who figures out how to select, how to smell, how to identify, how to feel, how to time, how to buy, how to sell, and how to hopefully have two plus two equal six.

Have the vision to create something wonderful, something that has true value forever.

Indolent and unworthy the beggar may be—but that is not your concern: It is better, said Joseph Smith, to feed ten impostors than to run the risk of turning away one honest petition.

I always love to begin a journey on Sundays because I shall have the prayers of the church to preserve all that travel by land or by water.

A particularly beautiful woman is a source of terror. As a rule, a beautiful woman is a terrible disappointment.

In all climates, under all skies, man's happiness is always somewhere else.

They’re called action scenes because they do the acting for you. You don’t have to act in action scenes.

She was a level-headed woman who saw the glass as neither half empty nor half full, but rather a glass with something in it and room to pour in more.

I have the feeling I’ve been— unpleasant.

Our task is not to rediscover nature but to remake it.

Love seeks a guerdon; friendship is as God,Who gives and asks no payment.