Sheryl Sandberg

Don’t let your fears overwhelm your desire. Let the barriers you face, and there will be barriers, be external, not internal. Fortune does favor the bold, and I promise that you will never know what you’re capable of unless you try.

Done is better than perfect.

[On Laura Nyro] I said to Laura ‘You know Laura, I think we should sell your music publishing company. I think right now is the right time you have three songs in the top ten this may never happen again and I think we can get a lot of money for it.’ And I made a deal with Clive Davis to sell Tuna Fish Music for $4 million. And that was a hell of a lot of money in 1969. It made her famous, it made her rich. It got people to listen to her music with her singing.

Building a brand may be more important than building a business.

It is only by being bold that you get anywhere. If you are a risk-taker, then the art is to protect the downside.

The headline is the ‘ticket on the meat.’ Use it to flag down readers who are prospects for the kind of product you are advertising.

A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.

Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming.

Sales are contingent upon the attitude of the salesman – not the attitude of the prospect.

The best of merchandise will go back to the shelf unless handled by a conscientious, tactful salesman.

We started learning ourselves, understanding ourselves, reading, researching, going around the world and looking at what was defined as the very best.

This is serious business. But it doesn’t mean we can’t have some fun along the way.

Paying good wages is not charity at all-it is the best kind of business.

I notice increasing reluctance on the part of marketing executives to use judgment; they are coming to rely too much on research, and they use it as a drunkard uses a lamp post for support, rather than for illumination.

No matter what his position or experience in life, there is in everyone more latent than developed ability; far more unused than used power.

Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.

Our aim is to compete with any luxury brand. Candy & Candy will be a luxury brand, recognised in Rodeo Drive, New York, Dubai, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tokyo and London. Those are the major centres in the world. It will be synonymous with the design of homes, houses, flats, yachts, aircraft and retail.