In general, the apparel industry isn't about continual process improvement or making the perfect piece of denim; it's about chasing trends.
Warren Beatty once told me that if someone's really stuck on you, find them their next boyfriend. But I could never do that.
I would like above any other place to go to Hartford. I want to face the conservatism there centered and compel it into decency.
I'm the luckiest guy in the world, and I am going to give away every penny before I die.
If everybody who was in the Forbes 400 said they were going to create 10,000 jobs, by my mathematics, that would be 4 million jobs.
You cannot just keep borrowing more and more and keep spending more and more without eventually having a day of reckoning.
France is a fantastic country. It's between the Anglo-Saxon and Latin cultures. We have some of the Anglo-Saxon rigor, and some of the Latin quirkiness.
I'd rather people talked about the 1,000 most successful French Internet companies instead of the 5 or 10 faces we already know - including mine.
The most sought-after candidates in the world today by companies like mine are people who make computer software - there's a shortage of talent.
I don't like clothes. I don't especially like cars. I have a very nice house. I get sick on a boat.
Everything ultimately becomes the CEO's problem, no matter where it starts. I can see why some CEOs crack under the pressure.
I am excited to work with NBC News to continue to highlight stories of organizations and individuals who make their communities and our world healthier, more just and more humane.
I'm blessed by the fact I only need five hours of sleep on a daily basis. I do tend to regard Saturday and Sunday as work days.
If you have poor management that's not doing the right job, you end up with unions filling the void and... page after page of work rules and thicker and thicker contracts.
I don't use e-mail or a computer. I would be so inundated that I wouldn't be able to get any work done. Instead, I do everything in person or on the phone.
I met wonderful people playing in the NBA. Whether it is the officials, the scorekeepers, all the people who work for the NBA, not just for the Lakers, but I'm talking about just for the league itself.
We can each define ambition and progress for ourselves. The goal is to work toward a world where expectations are not set by the stereotypes that hold us back, but by our personal passion, talents and interests.
Since Bush has been in office, African-American women have fallen behind in terms of income and wages.
We have a large pool of talented and educated women, and yet workplaces haven't necessarily changed to accommodate the reality of their lives.
While we're living, we need to get over ourselves and accept others if we want to enchant people.
I look back on it, yeah, I'm in a much worse financial position than I was eight years ago. I'm going to have to go out at age 62 and kind of readdress some of that.
