My dad would always say, "When you look at a photo do you see yourself last?"

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.

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.

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.

It had been an embarrassing moment, like the one you get when you realize for the first time that you have what it takes to become an accountant.

I don't go online, I don't read reviews, I try not to look at anything on the Internet.

I'm not going to be lectured to.

Friends help friends fight pixies.

You go through life in a series of peaks and valleys.

Hemp is Earth's number-one biomass resource; it is capable of producing 10 tons per acre in four months.

I love thriller writers. My favourites are Harlan Coban, Lee Child, Ian Rankin, Kathy Reichs and Ed McBain.

I am not the kind of leader who pontificates about what should be done - I don't operate on scenarios, and I am not a prophet.

Romanians have a saying, 'Not every dog has a bagel on its tail.' It means that not all streets are paved with gold. When I began my career, I just wanted to do cartwheels.

Of all the phantoms fleeting in the mist Of time, though meagre all and ghostly thin; Most unsubstantial, unessential shade Was earthly fame.