Kevin O'Leary Quotes

As a director, if you know what you want, then it's not scary.

The ability to connect and communicate is one of the most powerful, and you cannot find anyone who has been truly successful in life that doesn't have that ability because you've got to motivate, and you've got to -frankly, you have to influence.

I'm an entrepreneur. 'Ambitious' is my middle name.

The audience only pays attention as long as you know where you are going.

If you want to be a leader whom people follow with absolute conviction, you have to be a likable leader. Tyrants and curmudgeons with brilliant vision can command a reluctant following for a time, but it never lasts. They burn people out before they ever get to see what anyone is truly capable of.

If you can't fully believe in your ideas, it very quickly communicates to a group of actors who need something to hold onto. They need to believe that whatever criticism, whatever comment is received, is meant.

A great leader also has the ability to make people an inch taller in his presence.

I'm proud of my status as a pioneer in this business.

I don't consider myself bossy, but I do know what I want. You know, I have a gut feeling about a piece of material, but I've never envisioned myself as the director on top of the hill with a megaphone in my hand, screaming at 1,000 extras.

People are recognizing that I am an entrepreneur and do more than be on a reality TV show.

There are times when a leader must move out ahead of the flock, go off in a new direction, confident that he is leading his people the right way.

It is reassuring for people to feel they have a boss, someone who knows the answers and has charted the course.

I wish I could talk like Donald Trump or Steve Wynn. Hell, I'd love it.

I always admired Walt's optimism. He seemed to know the direction he was going to. When I was at the studio, I remember he kept driving all of us back down to a more fundamental level all the time.

I have proven to the world that I am articulate, I am very intelligent, I'm well exposed.

Washington likes people who are articulate and look at the big picture and have all the answers.

What you say in defense of … ideas matters, and what people hear matters even more.

I think what - I think what the American people is looking for is they are looking for moral and intellectual courage and clarity, and not a sense of passivity or confusion.

Elon Musk is a cool cookie.

I'm an entrepreneur. I'm a young mogul. I'm blessed.

I know this: Jerry Jones is unique, he's as cool as James Bond and he has a command of his business. He can step into any arena and succeed.

I've always said that I was Trump before Trump was Trump.

Predictions can sound really good if you're good with words and can express them eloquently and give people ideas and inspiration in their head. But I'm not really good at that, so I don't want to.

When ideas are communicated effectively, people follow and change.

I guess to be an entrepreneur you have to have a large ego, enormous pride and an ability to inspire others to follow your lead.