Ingvar Kamprad Quotes

We don't need flashy cars, impressive titles, uniforms, or other status symbols. We rely on our strength and our will!

Ingvar Kamprad

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: businessman
  • Nationality: swedish
  • Birth: March 30, 1926 - January 27, 2018

Topics

StrengthWillNeedUniformsStatus

During my undergraduate training at UCLA, I was studying finance and securities; my particular interest was with mutual funds. Wanting to get into a high position at some of the companies that were doing that, I knew that law would be useful.

Robert Shapiro

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If you wear a wig, everybody notices. But if you then dye the wig, people notice the dye.

Andy Warhol

PeopleYouWigWearNoticeThen

That was all very nice of them. They didn't have to do anything because I wasn't officially involved at all.

Michael Chabon

NiceAnythingInvolvedBecauseVery

I am afraid of aeroplanes. I've been able to avoid flying for some time, but I suppose, if I had to, I would. Perhaps it's a case of a little knowledge being a dangerous thing. At one time, I had a pilot's licence and 160 hours of solo time on single-engine light aircraft. Unfortunately, all that seemed to do was make me mistrust large aeroplanes.

Stanley Kubrick

KnowledgeTimeLightI AmMeFlying

Without labor nothing prospers.

Sophocles

WorkLaborNothingWithoutProspers

Neither as a writer nor, moreover, as a leader of a nation should you use terminology that obscures the reality of human evil.

Joseph Brodsky

LeaderEvilRealityYouHumanUse

The burning of an author's books, imprisonment for opinion's sake, has always been the tribute that an ignorant age pays to the genius of its time.

Joseph Lewis

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If you want to be depressed every day, there's plenty of material. The world is crazy.

Chris Martin

DayCrazyWorldYouEvery DayWant

When you're getting on plans and traveling all over the place, it can be very hard to keep yourself healthy and avoid catching a cold.

Colm Wilkinson

YourselfColdYouPlaceHealthy

As a little girl, I was athletic: 'Oh, mom, look at me. I can do cartwheels.' I was one of those annoying kids. I craved the spotlight. I had the feeling since I was little that the stage was my home.

Ashley Leggat

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I would imagine that anyone picking up a book written by me would expect a fast-paced story that requires minimal effort to turn the pages. The reader would also be looking for some out-of-the-ordinary revelations along the way. At the end of the day, I'm a writer who simply loves revealing stuff that is out-of-the-ordinary.

Ashwin Sanghi

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Fundamental progress has to do with the reinterpretation of basic ideas.

Alfred North Whitehead

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