I never lie, so if somebody asked me a question, I told them.

Being an entrepreneur isn't really about starting a business. It's a way of looking at the world: seeing opportunity where others see obstacles, taking risks when others take refuge.

Don't be afraid to assert yourself, have confidence in your abilities and don't let the bastards get you down.

You must first be willing to fail — and you must have the courage to go for it anyway.

If you don't encounter setbacks in your career, if you don't have doubts and disappointments , let me tell you, you're not dreaming big enough.

I've always respected those who tried to change the world for the better, rather than just complain about it.

Progress is not inevitable. It's up to us to create it.

And because no matter who you are, if you believe in yourself and your dream, New York will always be the place for you.

Life is too short to spend your time avoiding failure.

If someone tells me they skied all day and never fell down, I tell them to find another mountain.

Entrepreneurship is having an idea to do something great and not entirely have a plan on how to do it but the drive and will power to make it work

Hearts have more room than you think

I'm just a friendly bystander who they occasionally ask questions of. That's my level of involvement.

I've learned... That I wish I could have told my Mom that I love her one more time before she passed away.

Biology can be said to define possibilities but not determine them; it is never irrelevant but it is also not determinant.

The danger facing American Jews today is not that Christians want to persecute them but that Christians want to marry them.

Elite fundamentalism has always been on the corporate side of things.

I want industrial design to be a public subject. I want people to love objects the way they love clothing.

I will no longer act on the outside in a way that contradicts the truth that I hold deeply inside. I will no longer act as if I were less than the whole person I know myself inwardly to be.

Growing up in Cleveland, I learned about singing from my mother, who had once sung professionally and who admired Mahalia Jackson and Aretha Franklin.

I’m smiling on the inside. I feel I have a responsibility to the fashion community.