Quotes from Sophia Amoruso

I wrote '#GIRLBOSS' while running a $100 million-plus revenue business.

I've never seen someone work for a salary.

I have this arsenal of high-waisted wide-leg '70s pants and overalls. They are more roller-disco than Alexander Wang overalls.

Music is such a big part of my life.

The modern girl is less concerned with everything being a brand name.

I have three pieces of advice I want you to remember: Don't ever grow up. Don't become a bore. Don't let The Man get to you.

I feel like there's so many places to shop today that just feel like an Excel spreadsheet put between four walls.

I'm a capitalist, I'm a CEO, I run a big business, I'm an employer.

My favorite magazine is the 'Harvard Business Review.' If someone sat across from me in a restaurant and didn't know me, that might surprise them.

You don't get taken seriously by asking someone to take you seriously. You've got to show up and own it. If this is a man's world, who cares? I'm still really glad to be a girl in it.

Treat your mind like your money, don't waste it.

The time making money should be greater than the time that you are spending money.

My philosophy is that you sell things for more than you bought them.

Without ego I don't know how identity works, I don't know... I need to sit down and re-read some philosophy or something.

If you believe that what you're doing will have positive results, it will— even if it's not immediately obvious.

Focus on the positive things in your life and you'll be shocked at how many more positive things start happening

I think there are times when I can be a good thing.

I want to give other creatives the opportunity to find the entrepreneur inside themselves and teach them how to build their own platform.

I think there are very few brands with a person's point of view behind them.

Only the paranoid survive.

When you think about people, you give them power.

I can show up at a Goldman Sachs conference wearing a Judas Priest T-shirt - and I have - while everyone else is wearing the same dress.

Making small talk about what someone is wearing is just another form of unsolicited feedback.

It's the beauty of the Web. You can pretend to be anything you want. But people figure out pretty quick if you don't live up to it.