O Leary Quotes & Sayings

The things that people were the most grateful for were the ordinary things in life. The sound of your spouse's laugh, the smell of morning coffee, the echo of children playing in the yard. The little things. In waiting for the big moments - the vacations, the retirements, the birthdays - we risk missing the experiences of life most worthy of celebrating. — John O'Leary

Sergeant O'Leary is walking the beat, at night he becomes a bar tender. — Billy Joel

I actually think being an entrepreneur is a state of mind. If you're going to be an entrepreneur, my thesis is that you have to sacrifice everything for some period in your life to be successful. You have to be myopic and completely focused and unbalanced in every way. Once you've achieved success, you're free to do whatever you like. — Kevin O'Leary

If you want a friend, buy a dog. — Kevin O'Leary

Television is the most interesting hobby I've ever had. — Kevin O'Leary

Nick stands up and offers his hand to me. I have no idea what he wants, but what the hell, I take his hand anyway, and he pulls me up on my feet then presses against me for a slow dance and it's like we're in a dream where he's Christopher Plummer and I'm Julie Andrews and we're dancing on the marble floor of an Austrian terrace garden. Somehow my head presses Nick's t-shirt and in this moment I am forgetting about time and Tal because maybe my life isn't over. Maybe it's only beginning. — Rachel Cohn

Jon Stewart is exactly the same guy he's always been, only with money. He knows that the moment he really believes he's important, the funny goes away and he becomes Bill O'Reilly, except shorter and Jewish. — Denis Leary

Filming 'The Road to Riches' was surprisingly difficult for me. I learned that going back to career successes and failures can be emotionally exhausting as you are forced to revisit the euphoric highs and painful lows in high speed. — Kevin O'Leary

The unions need to be taken on. British Airways is massively over-staffed and has got to get its costs down ... The problem for [chief executive] Willie Walsh is that the board of BA has no spine, no balls and no vision. — Michael O'Leary

The so-called conservative right that now dominates the Republican Party is, in fact, extreme, radical, and deeply at odds with the American political tradition; it poses a profound threat to the American republic. The assault on liberalism by the right targets not only the New Deal state, but the Constitution and the American political system as well. — Kevin O'Leary

Nobody has a monopoly on good ideas — 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. — Kevin O'Leary

Mrs. O' Leary is my pet. I couldn't let you stick a sword in her rump, now, could I? That might've scared her. — Rick Riordan

Here's how I think of my money - as soldiers - I send them out to war everyday. I want them to take prisoners and come home, so there's more of them. — Kevin O'Leary

The French have never produced a great philosopher. Great wine maybe, but no great philosophers. — Michael O'Leary

You either make it illegal, in which case you support a huge underground economy or you tax it within the limits people can afford. — Kevin O'Leary

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. — Kevin O'Leary

I'm not planning on giving my kids any of my wealth. They know when their education is over, I'm pushing them out of the nest. The bird you see dead under the nest is the one who didn't think about the future. — Kevin O'Leary

Air transport is just a glorified bus operation. — Michael O'Leary

She paused and saw him tense in expectation. He wouldn't like to hear this, but better from her than one of the others. "You aren't the only pilot I have in my service. And you aren't the only person with a dark past, though the illegal things that you did, you were forced to do by the Core. But I will tell you what I've told the others. This is your last chance. You screw up with me and you get shipped up river. I don't offer second chances - I offer last chances."
Nope, he didn't like it. She saw the hand not holding the bottle of beer curl into a fist.
Sin and Del, from Sunscapes Trilogy, Book 1: Last Chance — Michelle O'Leary

Nobody forces you to work at Wal-Mart. Start your own business! Sell something to Wal-Mart! — Kevin O'Leary

We're not afraid of who we are. We're afraid of who we think we're not. — John O'Leary

There's only one side with me. You get the right side. You get the correct version of the facts. — Kevin O'Leary

I could have easily gone down the wrong path and dropped out of school, but I was given a second chance. — Kevin O'Leary

What are the most important qualities that make a successful entrepreneur? The ability to communicate. The ability to express your idea with certainty. That's how you become a leader-even if you are unsure, your ability to explain your vision and your direction is the attribute you need the most ... Articulate your idea in 90 seconds or less ... — Kevin O'Leary

I'm not a tough guy. I'm just delivering the truth and only the truth and if you can't deal with it, too bad. — Kevin O'Leary

Hell, what balls! — Kevin O'Leary

A lot of people have said a lot of great things about Steve Jobs. And for good reason: he built the world's second-most valuable company, with billions in profits and products that have improved every aspect of our lives. But Steve didn't get there by being a soft, fluffy, Kumbaya-type leader. — Kevin O'Leary

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I look at Twitter as brand building. — Kevin O'Leary

I keep anywhere between 5-10 percent of my net worth in venture ideas. — Kevin O'Leary

Do you want to be rich or not? Let's get focused on that, buddy — Kevin O'Leary

There are a lot of impractical things about owning a Porsche. But they're all offset by the driving experience. It really is unique. Lamborghinis and Ferraris come close. And they are more powerful, but they don't handle like a Porsche. — Kevin O'Leary

First time was instinct. I hear O'Leary go, "Jesus," and there's a skinny brown dog lapping up blood the same way he'd lap up water from a bowl. It wasn't American blood, but still, there's that dog, lapping it up. And that's the last straw, I guess, and then it's open season on dogs. — Phil Klay

I like to breed players that attack people. — David O'Leary

We need more people to go into business and fewer wasting our lives becoming bureaucrats and civil servants. — Michael O'Leary

When you're travelling, your day is jam-packed. I just don't have time to whip out a PC all the time. But I can whip out a BlackBerry and tweet. I keep a constant diary of where I'm at and why I'm there. — Kevin O'Leary

Paul patted Mrs. O'Leary's snout. The living room shook - BOOM, BOOM, BOOM - which either meant a SWAT team was breaking down the door or Mrs. O'Leary was wagging her tail.
I couldn't help but smile. — Rick Riordan

When you look at the number of stupid people who have succeeded in business, you clearly don't have to be very bright. Business is all about getting your sales up and your costs down, the bit in the middle is profit. — Michael O'Leary

Ryanair's biggest achievement? Bringing low fares to Europe and still lowering em. Biggest failure? Hiring me. — Michael O'Leary

Don't call me, I'll call you ... I'm out. — Kevin O'Leary

When I turned 50, something clicked in my head and I said, 'I'm not going to live to 100. I'm half-cooked already.' I set the family down and I said, 'Listen everybody, we're now entering the decade of Daddy. We're going to start doing things that I want to do.' — Kevin O'Leary

For whatever reason somebody can be convinced to buy a PC, it opens up a whole new market for all of us in the software business. — Kevin O'Leary

As far as I'm concerned, Twitter has wiped out Facebook. I'm done with Facebook. — Kevin O'Leary

In Sussex, if it's not the Devil that makes an appearance, then it's likely to be a dragon. — Michael O'Leary

I think George Bush is one of the most duplicitous presidents we've ever had. — Jean O'Leary

C is for coffee. Coffee would always be there for her. — Cassandra O'Leary

I never, ever, ever let emotion get in the way of an investment. — Kevin O'Leary

All businesses require capital, management and labor, and business executives, wanting to grow and maintain profitable enterprises, have a strong incentive to keep costs, including labor, as low as possible. — Kevin O'Leary

And when you give up your dreams, an important part of who you are dies with them, and so does that which makes you unique. — Jeff O'Leary

Anyone who thinks Ryanair flights are some sort of bastion of sanctity where you can contemplate your navel is wrong. We already bombard you with as many in-flight announcements and trolleys as we can. Anyone who looks like sleeping, we wake them up to sell them things. — Michael O'Leary

Unions are about the collective leverage, the power of numbers versus the power of capital. — Kevin O'Leary

We think they should pay €60 for being so stupid. — Michael O'Leary

They're only askin' you to do one thing. From what Rogue says, you ain't exactly reluctant."
"F**k myself into a coma. Sure, I can do that. Then what?"
"Uh, wait an hour? — Michelle O'Leary

Uh-oh, big boy. Your blood is in the water and the sharks are circling. Must be feeding time.
Mea Brin, The Huntress — Michelle O'Leary

One of the weaknesses of the company now is it is a bit cheap and cheerful and overly nasty, and that reflects my personality. — Michael O'Leary

Our invisibility is the essence of our oppression. And until we eliminate that invisibility, people are going to be able to perpetuate the lies and myths about gay people. — Jean O'Leary

We have contact with alien cultures. — Brian O'Leary

Downturns are the best time to start businesses, because you develop discipline that's very lean and mean in terms of how to spend money. And those habits serve you very well in good times. — Kevin O'Leary

I should get the Nobel peace prize - screw Bono. — Michael O'Leary

Homesick? For a village in the middle of nowhere? Where there's no work and everyone — Susanne O'Leary

Many blue-collar families struggling to pay rent would be happy to skip paying optional union dues. — Kevin O'Leary

Being an employee is a bad outcome. You want to avoid that. Being an employee is never a good outcome. That's just an opinion. — Kevin O'Leary

I think every entrepreneur in Canada owes the next generation a road map of how to do it again. — Kevin O'Leary

Ella, just stay here. Stay safe."
"Safe," Ella repeated. "Ella likes being safe. Safety in numbers. Safety deposit boxes. Ella will go with Tyson."
"What?" Percy said. "Oh ... fine, whatever. Just don't get hurt. And Mrs. O'Leary - "
"ROOOF."
"How do you feel about pulling a chariot? — Rick Riordan

We had it all. Life was perfect. And then life changed. It always does. When life changes in this way, we can beg and plead to go back to the way things were. Feeling entitled to that reality. Waiting for someone to wave the magic wand and put things back to normal; back to the way life was. Or we can step up, recognize that it is time to move forward from here, and embrace total accountability — John O'Leary

(On soft launches) It allows you to test your assumptions and see which ones you got right, and more, importantly, which ones you got wrong. A big hard launch is expensive. Getting even one thing wrong can force you to go out of business. — Kevin O'Leary

It reminds me of two drunks leaning on each other. — Michael O'Leary

If a man could give birth it would be to a book - it's an 18-month gestation period. — Kevin O'Leary

I've been a very effective leader in the gay rights movement, though at times I've been controversial. — Jean O'Leary

Working 24 hours a day isn't enough anymore. You have to be willing to sacrifice everything to be successful, including your personal life, your family life, maybe more. If people think it's any less, they're wrong, and they will fail. — Kevin O'Leary

There's something very visceral about watching people beg for money. It's powerful. — Kevin O'Leary

The airline industry is full of bullshitters, liars and drunks. We excel at all three in Ireland. — Michael O'Leary

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. — Kevin O'Leary

She's coming here with Aer Lingus. — Michael O'Leary

Not much of a childhood, Cass. When did you get to play?"
With a frown, she said, "I played."
"You took apart your robot dog. — Michelle O'Leary

I was a young lad when I was growing up. — David O'Leary

Are we going to say sorry for our lack of customer service? Absolutely not. — Michael O'Leary

A lot of lies and misinformation has been put about by eco nuts on the back of a report by an idiot economist [Sir Nicholas Stern]. Environmental head bangers are talking nonsense when they claim that aviation is the fastest-growing source of carbon emissions. Coal-fired and oil-fired power stations are the biggest contributor of carbon but I have yet to hear any fearless eco warriors advocating nuclear power as they drive around in their SUVs to their next protest meeting. — Michael O'Leary

I'm not trying to make friends, I'm just trying to make money. — Kevin O'Leary

My partners ... taught me that in order to create wealth, I needed to pair up with people whose strengths compensated for my weaknesses. — Kevin O'Leary

I see negotiations as an honest attempt to reach a deal that's great for everyone at the table. But sometimes, for whatever reason, that's impossible. You need to accept that possibility-don't make a deal for the sake of making a deal. If you do, chances are it will fall apart later anyway, with costs and headaches for everyone involved. And once you walk away, don't come back. — Kevin O'Leary

You can't regulate a soul into a business. — Kevin O'Leary

I cannot believe that the American people and the people they elected would use the Constitution to stifle any group's rights. — Jean O'Leary

Code-sharing, alliances, and connections are all about "how do we screw the poor customer for more money?" — Michael O'Leary

The word Styx got her [Mrs. O'Leary, the hellhound] excited. She probably thought I meant sticks. She jumped a few times, chased her tail just to teach it who was boss, and then calmed down enough for me to push Nico onto her back. — Rick Riordan

I'm the enemy because I like to think. I like to read. I'm into freedom of speech and freedom of choice. I'm the kind of guy that could sit in a greasy spoon and wonder, gee, should I have the T-bone steak or the jumbo rack of barbecue ribs or the side order of gravy fries? I want high cholesterol. I would eat bacon and butter and buckets of cheese. Okay? I want to smoke Cuban cigars the size of Cincinnati in the nonsmoking section. I want to run through the streets naked with green Jell-O all over my body reading Playboy magazine. Why? Because I might suddenly feel the need to. Okay, pal? — Denis Leary

In his first term, President Barack Obama played a cautious manager navigating the worst economic disaster since the Great Depression and cleaning up the messes left by President George W. Bush in Iraq and Afghanistan. — Kevin O'Leary

We have to change public perception of ex-convicts. Most Canadians don't realize that when you come out of prison, you're a complete pariah. You can't get a car loan or money from a bank to start a business. So most end up back in prison within 24 months. It's just so wrong. We need to fix this problem. — Kevin O'Leary

The biggest mistake entrepreneurs can make is trying to do everything themselves. They usually blow up when they try. I did an inventory of every deal I've ever done and it turned out that every single deal I made money on was a partnership, and every colossal failure, where I lost millions, was something I tried to do by myself. — Kevin O'Leary

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. — Kevin O'Leary

We want to annoy the whenever we can. The best thing we can do with environmentalists is shoot them. — Michael O'Leary

You'd rather own gold; not the miner — Kevin O'Leary

Business is war. I go out there, I want to kill the competitors. I want to make their lives miserable. I want to steal their market share. I want them to fear me and I want everyone on my team thinking we're going to win. — Kevin O'Leary

If global warming meant temperatures rose by one or two degrees, France would become a desert, which would be no bad thing. The Scots would grow wine and make buffalo mozzarella. — Michael O'Leary

University is the best couple of years of your life. Nowhere else can you drink and chase as many birds. — Michael O'Leary

The police force were outstanding in their field. But all they did was stand in their field. They kept passengers on board while they played with a suspect package for two and three quarter hours. Extraordinary. — Michael O'Leary

You'd rather own gold; never own the miner. — Kevin O'Leary

It's literally murder on the dancefloor. — Dermot O'Leary