363 Quotes by Simon Cowell

Everyone who turns up on ‘X Factor’ does it because a door has been closed to them at some time in their lives, and this is the only shot they have got.

I could just sit back and get someone to spin my achievements, I suppose, but when I see others do it, I always think, ‘Why are you telling me how successful you are?’ I am always suspicious of those kinds of boasts.

My dad said to me, ‘Work hard and be patient.’ It was the best advice he ever gave me. You have to put the hours in.

What I’m interested in watching is to make sure that they give the right advice now to the contestants who are going forward because, you know, it’s one thing just to criticize but you’ve got to also give, you know, good advice which is going to help them. Overall, I think they’re a good panel.

I couldn’t think of anything worse than being in an unhappy marriage. It worries me because I’ve seen it destroy people.

I was living life like in one of those Disney movies, where I genuinely believed nobody was ever going to die.

We felt the time was right to open up the boundaries, and say to all of America, regardless of your age, whether you’re 2, whether you’re 100, regardless of what you believe your talent is – juggling, magic, singing – this is the show you can enter. It’s as simple as that.

When I was young and we got caught pinching apples, we got a smack from the local policeman. Today if that happened he would be sued. There is a tendency to punish the victim, not the criminal. If someone broke into my house or my mum’s house, I worry that the burglar has more rights than me.

You are a saucy little thing aren’t you?