Donald Trump Quotes & Sayings

I would certainly be open to closing areas where we are at war with somebody. I sure as hell don't want to let people that want to kill us and kill our nation use our Internet. — Donald Trump

I won't take no for an answer. — Donald Trump

We can't let people down when they can't get any medical care, when they're sick and don't have money to go to a doctor. You help them. — Donald Trump

Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals. Preferably big ones. — Donald Trump

The guys at Smartax are the most renowned Accountants in the world! — Donald Trump

My fingers are long and beautiful, as, it has been well been documented, are various other parts of my body. — Donald Trump

The one sure way to success is to know everything you can about what you do. — Donald Trump

The media has a tremendous bias and has for a very long time against the Republican party and against somebody that happens to be conservative. They certainly have a tremendous bias against me. — Donald Trump

I have states that no other Republican would do well in that I think I'm gonna win. But I don't want to name those states. — Donald Trump

People say, 'Oh, you don't like China,' no, I love them. But their leaders are much smarter than our leaders, and we can't sustain ourself with that. — Donald Trump

We need to build a wall ... I don't mind having a big beautiful door in that wall. — Donald Trump

Well, real estate is always good, as far as I'm concerned. — Donald Trump

People love me. And you know what, I have been very successful. Everybody loves me. — Donald Trump

Marco Rubio doesn't go to the United States Senate. I must say, if I were a United States senator, I would be so honored to be in that magnificent chamber voting for the people of Florida. — Donald Trump

I get a lot of credit for comb-overs. But it's not really a comb-over. It's sort of a little bit forward and back. I've combed it the same way for years. Same thing, every time. — Donald Trump

We have been there for 15 years in the Middle East, and much more than that probably. And we have spent probably $4 trillion, maybe more than that. And it's time to do something about it. And it's time to also knock ISIS out. You got to knock ISIS out. — Donald Trump

When I build something for somebody, I always add $50 million or $60 million onto the price. My guys come in, they say it's going to cost $75 million. I say it's going to cost $125 million, and I build it for $100 million. Basically, I did a lousy job. But they think I did a great job. — Donald Trump

I feel a very, very strong bind, and really I'm bound to this country, we either have a border or we don't. People can come into the country, we welcome people to come but they have to come in legally. — Donald Trump

I understand that I have many, many friends who are women who understand Planned Parenthood better than you or I will ever understand it. And they do some very good work. Cervical cancer, lots of women's issues, women's health issues are taken care of. I know one of the candidates, I won't mention names, said, "We're not going to spend that kind of money on women's health issues." I am. Planned Parenthood does a really good job at a lot of different areas. But not on abortion. So I'm not going to fund it if it's doing the abortion. — Donald Trump

I describe Jeb Bush as a 'low-energy' individual, and unfortunately for him, that stuck. And it's true: he's a low-energy person. That doesn't make him a bad person. — Donald Trump

If you start getting involved with government on, this one gets this pay and this one gets that pay, then you say, where does it all start? Because you could have a woman that's much better than a man; you could have a woman that's not as good as a man. — Donald Trump

Part of being a winner is knowing when enough is enough. Sometimes you have to give up the fight and walk away, and move on to something that's more productive. — Donald Trump

I get ratings. If I didn't get ratings, they [media] wouldn't do it. They don't care about poll numbers, they only care about ratings. — Donald Trump

"What did the pope say? I like the pope. I mean, was it good or bad?"Because if it's good, I like the pope. If it's bad, I don't like the pope. — Donald Trump

You just have to be the kind of guy to get people to do things. — Donald Trump

I've become very successful over the years. I think I own among the greatest properties in the world. — Donald Trump

We have to change our whole way, our health care system is a disaster. It's going to implode in 2017, just like you're sitting there. It doesn't work. Nothing works in our country. If I'm elected president, we will win again. — Donald Trump

People that never had a part-time job in their lives, people that have worked for a company 20 and 30 years are now working for the same company as a part-timer because of "Obama care," because of the basic advantages to doing that in terms of "Obama care" for an employer. — Donald Trump

If you're interested in 'balancing' work and pleasure, stop trying to balance them. Instead make your work more pleasurable. — Donald Trump

Windmills are going to be the death of Scotland and even England if they don't do something about them. They are ruining the countryside. — Donald Trump

I love free trade. I love the concept of free trade. Everything about it is good. I went to the Wharton School of Finance. They say, Let's go free trade. — Donald Trump

It's all Trump all day long [on CNN]. That's why their ratings are through the roof. — Donald Trump

I think that [Donald] Trump is brilliant to raise this issue. When my son, Gabriel, and his wife, Deb, was pregnant, I said, You got to come home. I want my grandson to be president of the United States. He has to be born in the United States.Now, a child of a citizen of the United States born abroad or born wheresoever is a citizen if that's - he or she so chooses. So there's no doubt but that Ted Cruz is a citizen of the United States. — Donald Trump

Twitter and Facebook and all of this stuff is, to me, I mean it's, for some reason - I'm probably not the youngest person using it. But for some reason, it works very well. I'm setting records. — Donald Trump

Well, there's the water company. I mean, we sell water. And we have water, and it's a very successful, you know, it's a private little water company, and I supply the water for all my places, and it's good. But it's very good. — Donald Trump

When luck is on your side it is not the time to be modest or timid. It is the time to go for the biggest success you can possibly achieve. — Donald Trump

So I wanted to put that to rest: So you have the water, you have the steaks, you have the airline that I sold. I mean, what's wrong with selling?Every once in a while you can sell something. You have the wines and all of that. And Trump University, we're going to start it up as soon as I win the lawsuit. — Donald Trump

How to get rich ... whenever I meet people, that's usually what they want to know from me. You ask a banker how he makes bread. You ask a billionaire how he makes money. — Donald Trump

Certainly would never have made that horrible, disgusting, absolutely incompetent deal with Iran where they get $150 billion. They're a terrorist nation. — Donald Trump

I always say to my people, how come I'm always audited and friends of mine are never audited? — Donald Trump

In 2012 Roger Ailes, you know, desperately tried to get who into the race? Chris Christie, a somewhat moderate if tough talking from a purple state. They were very interested this David Petraeus, a figure who served in the Obama administration as CIA chief. — Donald Trump

In business, when things aren't working it's time to mix it up. — Donald Trump

When somebody challenges you, fight back. Be brutal, be tough. — Donald Trump

Not for nothing that [Donald] Trump, who himself has had some high unfavorable ratings, distrusted by a significant amount of the population and even a significant amount of the Republican voting electorate is more trusted than the media right now. — Donald Trump

If you don't have passion, everything you do will ultimately fizzle out or, at best, be mediocre. Is that how you want to live your life? — Donald Trump

If
you're going to be truly successful, then set yourself apart from
everyone else. Go beyond the limits of what classifies the average
person and be exceptional. — Donald Trump

If you don't have passion, you have no energy, and if you don't have energy, you have nothing. — Donald Trump

It's inconceivable that you don't have to show identification in order to vote or that that the identification doesn't have to be somewhat foolproof. — Donald Trump

I'd rather have head to head and right now they're not getting any numbers. She's [Jill Stein] doing better than he [Gary Johnson] is, but right now in some polls she's actually not doing badly. — Donald Trump

The Iranians and Persians are excellent at the art of negotiation. — Donald Trump

Russians make up a pretty disproportionate cross-section of a lot of our assets. — Donald Trump

Wacko Glenn Beck is a sad answer to the Sarah Palin endorsement that [Ted] Cruz so desperately wanted. Glenn is a failing, crying, lost soul. — Donald Trump

What I like that is getting our smartest and getting our best to infiltrate their [terrorist's] Internet, so that we know exactly where they're going, exactly where they're going to be. I like that better. — Donald Trump

All over the world, I do business. I make great deals. I've made hundreds of millions of dollars against China. All over the world I make money and I build great things. Who's going to build a wall like me on the southern border? I built a great company. — Donald Trump

The Middle East is totally destabilized. A total and complete mess. — Donald Trump

When asked if direct sales is a pyramid scheme. My reply is a corporation has only one person at the top. — Donald Trump

In my opinion, we've spent $4 trillion trying to topple various people [on the Middle East] that frankly, if they were there and if we could've spent that $4 trillion in the United States to fix our roads, our bridges, and all of the other problems; our airports and all of the other problems we've had, we would've been a lot better off. — Donald Trump

I was a businessman. I was a real estate man and a businessman. That was the first time I think that question was ever even asked of me. That was long before the war took place. Joe Scarborough just released something yesterday more on point, much nearer. He put out a tweet saying that you know, "Trump is right, look what he just said." So you have to take a look at that. But regardless. The war in Iraq was a disaster. It was probably the worst thing. If you look at the Middle East now, all started because of that horrible decision to go into Iraq. — Donald Trump

Come November, the American people will have the chance to re-declare their independence. Americans will have a chance to vote for trade, immigration and foreign policies that put our citizens first. They will have the chance to reject today's rule by the global elite, and to embrace real change that delivers a government of, by and for the people. — Donald Trump

If you really want to succeed, you'll have to go for it every day like I do. The big time isn't for slackers. Keep up your mental stamina and remain curious. I think that bored people are unintelligent people. — Donald Trump

Obamacare is, number one and maybe least importantly, it's costing the country a fortune. — Donald Trump

I don't want our country to be taken away from us, and that's what's happening. The policies that we've suffered under other presidents have been a disaster for our country. We want to make America great again. — Donald Trump

I love Wisconsin. It's a great place. — Donald Trump

The final key to the way I promote is bravado. I play to people's fantasies. People may not always think big themselves, but theycan still get very excited by those who do. That's why a little hyperbole never hurts. — Donald Trump

The first thing I learned is when times are tough, you need to hedge your bets - you need to diversify. — Donald Trump

In business
every business
the bottom line is understanding the process. If you don't understand the process, you'll never reap the rewards of the process. — Donald Trump

Every penny of the $7 billion going to Africa as per Obama will be stolen - corruption is rampant! — Donald Trump

I have an attention span that's as long as it has to be. — Donald Trump

I'm only thin-skinned when somebody says bad things that are false. For instance, if you hit me about something that's true, all right, the bankruptcy - I used that as a tool. I didn't ever file for bankruptcy. — Donald Trump

First of all, these lenders are not babies. These are total killers. These are not the nice, sweet little people you think. You're living in a world of make-believe. — Donald Trump

Jeb [Bush] doesn't really believe I'm unhinged. He said that very simply because he has failed in this campaign. It's been a total disaster. Nobody cares. — Donald Trump

With migration [in Europe] you look at the lines and you look at the tremendous amount of young strong men in these lines and you wonder what is going on? — Donald Trump

The people in Florida think that Marco Rubio's literally defrauded them because you look at what he does. He never goes and votes. He's never over there. — Donald Trump

It does not cost anything to dream. Spend your time enjoying your big dreams. — Donald Trump

The budget was unlimited, but I exceeded it. — Donald Trump

Every decision you make is an important one, whether there are twenty thousand people working for you or just one. — Donald Trump

Getting things done in this country, if you want to build something, if you want to start a company, it's getting to be virtually impossible with all of the bureaucracy and all of the approvals. — Donald Trump

You have to have passion, go with your gut, go against the tide — Donald Trump

Everything of real value is in my financial disclosure form. — Donald Trump

I have never fired anyone or kept anyone because of ratings or because of entertainment. I keep the people that I think are the best. — Donald Trump

We can't let this happen. We should march on Washington and stop this travesty. Our nation is totally divided!'Let's fight like hell and stop this great and disgusting injustice! The world is laughing at us. — Donald Trump

Planned Parenthood does some very good work. But I would defund as long as they're doing abortions. — Donald Trump

A lot of people feel very good about Mitt Romney and I think he's going to do a great job. — Donald Trump

The point is that you can't be too greedy. — Donald Trump

I grew up in New York City, a town with different races, religions, and peoples. It breeds tolerance. — Donald Trump

New Hampshire's one of my favorite places. — Donald Trump

As you sit there and as I sit here, they are going in. They're taking over, and they just walk in and they can do whatever they want. They have essentially already taken it over. — Donald Trump

I love pitting people against each other. My whole life is based on that. It brings out the best in people and the worst in people. If the worst comes out, you don't want them working for you. — Donald Trump

Real estate is at the core of almost every business, and it's certainly at the core of most people's wealth. In order to build your wealth and improve your business smarts, you need to know about real estate. — Donald Trump

People who think achieving success is a linear A-to-Z process, a straight shot to the top, simply aren't in touch with reality. There are very few bona fide overnight success stories. It just doesn't work that way. Success appears to happen overnight because we all see stories in newspapers and on TV about previously unknown people who have suddenly become famous. But consider a sequoia tree that has been growing for several hundred years. Just because a television crew one day decides to do a story about that tree
doesn't mean it didn't exist before. — Donald Trump

If Hillary Clinton can't satisfy her husband what makes her think she can satisfy America? — Donald Trump

I think Michigan and the people of Michigan know - really, they know that I'm going to protect them. They're great people. — Donald Trump

President Obama has almost doubled our national debt to more than $19 trillion, and growing. And yet, what do we have to show for it? Our roads and bridges are falling apart, our airports are in Third World condition, and forty-three million Americans are on food stamps. — Donald Trump

I have great relationships with the Mexican people. You've been seeing I'm winning every single poll in these primaries when they go out, when the polls come back in with the Hispanics. I have thousands of Hispanics that work for me and over the years tens of thousands that have worked for me over the years. I will tell you that the problem our country has is that our leaders are so weak - we have so many ways of getting the money to build the wall. — Donald Trump

What you do to China is you say if you don't behave we're going to have to start taxing your goods coming into our country. — Donald Trump

Not teaching your kids about money is like not caring whether they eat. If they enter the world without financial knowledge, they will have a much harder go of it. — Donald Trump

We need a toughness. We need strength. We're not respected, as a nation anymore. We don't have that level of respect that we need. And if we don't get it back fast, we're just going to go weaker, weaker and just disintegrate. — Donald Trump

I do what I do out of pure enjoyment. Hopefully, nobody does it better. There's a beauty to making a great deal. It's my canvas. And I like painting it. — Donald Trump

That's part of the problem with the Republicans, where somehow they got fed into this horrible position. We're going to take care of people. But no, people don't have to have it. We're going to have great plans, they're going to be a lot less expensive than Obamacare. — Donald Trump

It's purely and simply the unfair media.They want the story to stay alive as long as possible. — Donald Trump