118 Quotes by Sara Blakely

My saddlebags are why Spanx exist! Now that I have a baby I also have a muffin top.

I got a call from the Oprah Winfrey Show. Oprah had chosen Spanx as one of her favorite products in 2000. I had boxes of product in my apartment and I had two weeks notice that she was going to say she loved it on TV and I had no shipping department.

The thing about fashion - it's like ducks going quack, quack quack. It's being dictated from above, and it just makes me want to rebel against it.

It's important to be willing to make mistakes. The worst thing that can happen is you become memorable.

I did not like the way I looked in a pair of white pants.

The word 'Spanx' was funny. It made people laugh. No one ever forgot it.

We don't have the luxury of time. We spend more because of how we live, but it's important to be with our family and friends.

When I cut the feet out of my pantyhose that one time, I saw it as my sign. I had been visualizing being self employed prior to this happening. It was my mental preparation meeting the opportunity in that moment.

I cut the feet out of my control top pantyhose to wear under these white pants and that was the ah-ha moment that started Spanx. My own butt was my own inspiration!