I am not in favour of quotas. Just put the best person into the job. It is not about gender; it is about experience, leadership and vision.

Everyone in the world should have a trench coat, and there should be a trench coat for everyone in the world. It does not matter your age; it doesn't matter your gender.

I grew up in a physical world, and I speak English. The next generation is growing up in a digital world, and they speak social.

Everyone talks about building a relationship with your customer. I think you build one with your employees first.

When you have trust and you get that trust in place throughout the company, people are empowered — people are free.

If you aren't building a social enterprise, I don't know what your business model will be in 5 years

The thing is, I don't want to be sold to when I walk into a store. I want to be welcomed.

I don't want to be a great chief executive without being a great mum and a great wife.

I don't want to be a great executive without being a great mom and a great wife. I don't want to look back and say I wish I had done things differently.

Our greatest weakness is lack of self-confidence.

We live by what we believe not but what we see.

Truth always prevails, as it packs the mightiest punch of them all!

I was in love with a beautiful blond once. She drove me to drink. That's the one thing I'm indebted to her for.

A ship is safe at shore but it's not built for that.

We believe Frederick Nietzsche couldn't have been more right when he said 'without music, life would be a mistake.

No matter what, I always have expensive designer shoes. It's all about the shoes for me.

I think I was around 15 when my Dad was 40 and thought, "Man he's old. There's no way I'll be skating at that age."

Tell me I have to be somewhere, and I'll be there 20 minutes early and stay there longer than anybody else. You hold up a lot of people if you're not on time.

Recorded music is more a marketing tool than a revenue source.

If you go to Bed Bath & Beyond without a coupon, people will wonder if you're OK.

I was 17 and the whole thing was very confusing at the time. It was a great job and I loved it, and to lose the role was definitely tough for me. I was devastated when I lost the role.