“Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair.”

“In a free-market economy, the consumer is king: labor unions don't run things, business people don't run things, bankers don't run things, politicians don't run things, but the success of a business depends on how people spend their money.”

“This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped. Up there, there's a layer of people who run everything. But we — we're just peasants. We don't understand what's going on, and we can't do anything.”

“People who are busy and happy don’t write diaries; they are too busy living.”

“I began to worship pubic hair, to touch it, to smell it, to lick it. This was when I came to realize that pubic hair wasn’t at all like the hair we had on our heads. No, pubic hair was tougher, coarse, and sharp. You could cut your tongue on it if you licked it too hard. The hair on our heads wasn’t just finer but also round, and our pubic hair was thicker and flat, and so this was why it could cut you if you weren’t careful.”

“Starting and growing a business is as much about the innovation, drive and determination of the people who do it as it is about the product they sell.”

“Serious business people would never get elected in Ireland. You don't get elected in this country if you run around and tell people the truth. You've got to run round and lie to them about 'it will be all right on the night' and then they'll vote for you.”

“A business of high principle generates greater drive and effectiveness because people know that they can do the right thing decisively and with confidence.”

“Genius is of small use to a woman who does not know how to do her hair.”

“No matter how thin you get, no matter how short you cut your hair, it's still going to be you underneath.”