220 Quotes by Sophia Amoruso

What do you do when you’re living in a hut for $500 a month and subsisting on Boston Market and Subway? You just keep doing what you’re doing.

Nothing will teach you more about perceived value than taking something with literally no value and selling it in the auction format. It teaches you the beauty and power of presentation, and how you can make magic out of nothing.

Forcing me to figure out how to provide for myself was probably one of the best things my parents ever did for me.

Dive headfirst into things without being too attached to the results

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

It’s the age-old concept of like attracts like, or the law of attraction. You get back what you put out, so you might as well think positively, focus on visualizing what you want instead of getting distracted by what you don’t want, and send the universe your good intentions so that it can send them right back.

I can be pretty reactive, and I've learned over time to be less reactive: to stop and think before I make decisions.

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.

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