Kevin O'Leary

“Software is becoming no different than a videotape or a record album or a paperback book, and not all of us are ready for that change.”

“Don't cry for money. It never cries for you.”

“People are aware of what I stand for through television. Nobody gets rich on TV but you build brand. That's what I'm attempting to do.”

“Steve Jobs had his critics. Some saw him as an egomaniac, and others, as a control freak.”

“The practical reality of managing cars in the family - I do 36-month leases. I think they're horrible investments. And you want to give them back after their warranty is over.”

“Until Americans feel that their core asset - their homes - are stabilized, they are not going to have the animal spirits and they will continue to have less buying power.”

“I look at Twitter as brand building.”

“I want to go to bed richer than when I woke up. The pursuit of wealth is a wonderful thing, but the thing is you have to be honest about it, you have to tell the truth.”

“Know everything about the companies and people you are going to be negotiating with. Insist on getting the names of everyone participating in the negotiations. Leave no stone unturned; find out as much as you can.”

“I'm not trying to make friends, I'm trying to make money.”

“I'm proud to be on the CBC and to see the management here represents both sides of every story. This is what's unique about the new CBC: you get a Kevin O'Leary on it when five years ago you wouldn't.”

“Many blue-collar families struggling to pay rent would be happy to skip paying optional union dues.”

“I remember failing reading in school at a young age, and you just kinda get left behind and I felt helpless.”

“Building fast-growing, globally competitive companies is tough.”

“I'm starting to think about things that I want to do, things that are fun. One of them is driving a car like a Porsche. I've driven a lot of cars - sedans, trucks and big family vehicles all year long. But there's nothing like a four-wheel-drive Porsche.”

“Once Michigan stood proud. In addition to GM, Ford and Chrysler, it was home base for the United Auto Workers, a powerful escalator transporting hundreds of thousands of blue-collar workers into America's middle class.”

“Money equals freedom.”

“There are a lot of idiot fund managers out there who add no value to the process at all.”

“You can't regulate a soul into a business.”

“I think every entrepreneur in Canada owes the next generation a road map of how to do it again.”