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.

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?

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.

God's Will is what we would choose if we knew what God knows.

I don’t know how – it is a question of process

The youth of America need routine, repetition toward excellence, a sound but not punishing discipline, and the opportunity to make mistakes without the feeling of failure.

A friend is not only someone who you can confide in, it is someone who can mirror the trust you have shown by confiding in you as well.

I'm so into momminess.

To be impatient is to be hooked on the future.

Americans have always had innovators and entrepreneurs who built real companies and create real value, but we should not and we will not respect those who get rich by cheating everybody else.

I know change can be painful. But from change comes growth.

I understood we used to be close. But they were like books i'd read two summer ago; I knew I'd liked them, but I couldn't tell you now what they'd been about.

A friend is one who joyfully sings with you when you are on the mountaintop, and silently walks beside you through the valley.