Everything we earn we need as a reserve.

I am very proud to follow the rules of our company.

Ikea people do not drive flashy cars or stay at luxury hotels.

People say I am cheap, and I don't mind if they do.

Our idea is to serve everybody, including people with little money.

We have to still develop the Ikea group. We need many billions of Swiss francs to take on China or Russia.

We ought to have more women in various management positions, because women are the ones who decide almost everything in the home.

I'm not afraid of turning 80 and I have lots of things to do. I don't have time for dying.

Everything we earn we need as a reserve.

If there is such a thing as good leadership, it is to give a good example. I have to do so for all the Ikea employees.

I'm stingy and I'm proud of the reputation.

I'm singing the music publisher's theme song - it ain't a commercial.

Managing perfect body weight is not a complicated rocket science. Our body is made up of food which we eat during our day to day life. If we are overweight or obese at the moment then one thing is certain that the food which we eat is unhealthy.

All business sagacity reduces itself in the last analysis to judicious use of sabotage.

Tony Blair faced a massive defection from his own party ranks during voting around the intervention in Iraq. For our present purpose, the point is not that he survived the defection, but that he had to face it.

I've gotten more buff.

We live on the most incredible planet, and yet we abuse it, and we abuse it mercilessly.

Before 'Coronation Street,' I was a jobbing actor, and after it, I'm a jobbing actor again.

My success has got so great, it's like I'm trapped, almost, within it.

I'm not very ambitious at all.

And you've got to remember that I'm also the father of nine children.

Hosting is work. It means you don't get to go up to your room and disappear and take a nap. Like everybody else does after lunch. I'm talking about hosting, not hosting a dinner party, but hosting people staying in your home.

I have worked with some very great directors.

Had the eyes not held back the tears, the mascara would have walked away telling everyone about a broken heart.. Even make up teaches sometimes..

Fine fruit is the flower of commodities. It is the most perfect union of the useful and the beautiful that the earth knows. Trees full of soft foliage blossoms fresh with spring bounty and finally fruit rich bloom dusted melting and luscious.

If matters go badly now, they will not always be so.

I have no interest in going to Egypt and seeing the pyramids. I'm just not that kind of dude.

The best leaders... almost without exception and at every level, are master users of stories and symbols.

Because we are in a war situation, this can sometimes be dangerous work. But guys like A.D. Flowers and his technicians just take it in stride and get on with the job. In four years, we've never had a serious accident or injury working with all the explosions.

I just love expanding my horizons and growing as an artist. The only way you get to do that is by doing something that scares you or takes you out of your comfort zone.

I never read my reviews... not even the good ones. Barbra Streisand once told me, if just one person in the audience doesn't applaud, it bothers her. I'm the same way. I'd be devastated to read that someone didn't like my work.

People always ask me, 'Where were you when Kennedy was shot?' Well, I don't have an alibi.

In the republic of mediocrity genius is dangerous.

If you're running an engineering or finance company, all companies depend on ideas and ingenuity. I think the principles of creative leadership apply everywhere, whether it's an advertising company or whether you're running a hospital.

My grandparents all came from Lithuania to South Africa.