BARRY STERNLICHT

I went to Brown University, but my mom said I couldn't be an artist because I would starve.

If I had high-ticker 10 percent financing, which would probably be the market rate, I would have to dump stuff. The interest payments would be killing me.

The American dream is still to own your home.

As the facts change, change your thesis. Don't be a stubborn mule, or you'll get killed.

Today, when you're marketing a brand, you can't try to appeal to everybody. You should speak to a group of people and create them as loyalists.

We have an impact on nature, and nature has an impact on us.

I suppose I was a frustrated artist. I like fitting things together, and there are plenty of different ways to do that with real estate.

I like to go to my simple cottage by the ocean or, really, any beach!

You go public because you want access to capital in the form of debt and equity.

Properties have different characteristics, like companies, and the market throws up more opportunities because it is inefficient.

You go public because you want access to capital in the form of debt and equity.

I see Baccarat in major gateway cities like Paris, Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong and exotic resort locations.

Today, when you're marketing a brand, you can't try to appeal to everybody. You should speak to a group of people and create them as loyalists.

I suppose I was a frustrated artist. I like fitting things together, and there are plenty of different ways to do that with real estate.

As the facts change, change your thesis. Don't be a stubborn mule, or you'll get killed.

It's cheaper to buy a house and finance it than it is to rent in many markets.

You can learn everything that there is to know about the industry or the player from the company that is performing better or worse.

I like to go to my simple cottage by the ocean or, really, any beach!

There's more single-family homes rented in the United States then there are apartments.

If I had high-ticker 10 percent financing, which would probably be the market rate, I would have to dump stuff. The interest payments would be killing me.

There has to be a way to live the life you're accustomed to and not sacrifice things. Americans are not very good about sacrificing.

The best advice is often the compliments received, and they are often about an associate who did something exceptional. I tell my teams that it's the random acts of kindness, the unexpected, that people remember most.

I've been down to the Ecolodge in Panama, but there really are only a handful of real green hotels in the U.S.

The American dream is still to own your home.

I've been a supporter of green initiatives for years. I've been paying more and more attention to it, you know, with three kids. I thought it was tragic when the Kyoto Protocol was killed by the U.S. It was sort of a call to action.

We have an impact on nature, and nature has an impact on us.

I went to Brown University, but my mom said I couldn't be an artist because I would starve.

If it can be profitable to be green, that's just smart business.

Pay attention to the big themes because that's what will help you earn ten times your money.

Properties have different characteristics, like companies, and the market throws up more opportunities because it is inefficient.

I wanted to start a hotel company from scratch.

It is very important that a leader in the hotel industry be both creative, I think, and compassionate.

Booking windows are shrinking, and customers are going mobile: trends which position HotelTonight perfectly for the future.