Quotes

You know, it really doesn't matter what [the media] write as long as you've got a young and beautiful piece of ass.

It doesn't hurt to get more education.

All of the women on The Apprentice (2004) flirted with me--consciously or unconsciously. That's to be expected.

Watch somebody sell their used car and not wash it. You can spend $10 washing the car and get another $200 for the car.

A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.

Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game.

Show me someone without an ego, and I'll show you a loser.

Well, yes, I've fired a lot of people. Generally I like other people to fire, because it's always a lousy task. But I have fired many people.

[on his catchphrase "You're fired!" from The Apprentice (2004)] I mean, there's no arguing. There is no anything. There is no beating around the bush. "You're fired" is a very strong term.

[October 2004] I wish I'd had a great marriage. See, my father was always very proud of me, but the one thing he got right was that he had a great marriage. He was married to my mother for 64 years. One of my ex-wives once said to me, "You have to work at a marriage." And I said, "That's the most ridiculous thing I've heard!", because my parents... they didn't work at their marriage. If you have to work at a marriage, it's not going to work. It has to be sort of a natural thing. But my ex-wife would say, "You have to work at this... you have to do this... you have to do that...." And I'm saying to myself, "Man, I work all day long, well into the evening. I don't want to come home and work at a marriage. A marriage has to be very easy." My father would come home, have dinner, and take it easy. It was the most natural marriage I've ever seen. And Melania [Melania Trump] makes my life easy; one of the things I so love about her is that she makes my life easier. I've never had anybody that made my life so easy. Now I hope that continues. Perhaps that will change. I intend to find out!

It's tangible, it's solid, it's beautiful. It's artistic, from my standpoint, and I just love real estate.

Rosie O'Donnell called me a snake oil salesman. And, you know, coming from Rosie, that's pretty low because when you look at her and when you see the mind, the mind is weak. I don't see it. I don't get it. I never understood--how does she even get on television?

[when asked if he would run for President of the United States] People wanted me to very strongly and I decided I didn't want to do it. I sort of enjoy what I'm doing and I continue to enjoy what I'm doing. I have never had more fun. And then to cap it off with a star on the walk of fame today was just a lot of fun. And, you know, it's just--it's just very sad to me what's happening with this country in terms of world and in terms of world perception.

[on Lord Alan Sugar, the English businessman and host of the BBC version of The Apprentice UK (2005)] I don't know what Alan Sugar looks like. You know, I own the show, but I don't even know what he looks like. I mean, I hear he's doing nicely, not like we're doing over here, but doing fine.

When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're not sending you. They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.

Every time somebody says I made a mistake, they do the polls and my numbers go up. So I guess I haven't made a mistake.

[on people seeing Jimmy Carter vacating Air Force One carrying a garment bag] They don't want that. They want someone who's going to beat China, beat Japan.

When was the last time that you saw this country have a victory? We don't have victories. What things am I going to do differently? Almost everything.

[on John McCain] He's not a war hero. He's a war hero because he was captured. I like people that weren't captured okay, I hate to tell you.

[in 2015] I will build a great wall--and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me--and I'll build them very inexpensively. I will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and I will make Mexico pay for that wall. Mark my words.

We have places in London and other places that are so radicalized that the police are afraid for their own lives. NOTE: The British government has stated that no such areas exist in London.

Paris is no longer the safe city it was. They have sections in Paris that are radicalized, where the police refuse to go there. They're petrified. The police refuse to go in there. NOTE: The French government has stated that no such areas exist in Paris.

[in 2015, on Marco Rubio] Weak on illegal immigration, like, weak like a baby. Not a good poker player, because every time he's under pressure he just starts to profusely sweat.

I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters.

[responding to Papal criticism] If ISIL ever attack the Vatican the Pope will be hoping and praying I'm the President.

I can be more presidential than anyone.

Part of the beauty of me is that I'm very rich.

[personal message advertising his Trump University's $34,995 "Gold Elite" three-day course] Only doers get rich. I know that in these three packed days, you will learn everything to make a million dollars within the next 12 months.

[to an inquiry, as the presumptive Republican candidate in the 2016 election, what he pays in taxes] It's none of your business.

[in 2016, at the Republican National Convention] Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 [Hillary Clinton] emails that are missing. I think you will be rewarded mightily by our press.

People are angry. All over the world they're angry.

[on the UK's vote to leave the EU] They took their country back, just like we will take America back.

[in 2005, recorded conversation on a bus with Billy Bush about Nancy O'Dell] I moved on her actually. You know she was down on Palm Beach. I moved on her and I failed. I'll admit it. I did try and fuck her. She was married [ . . . ] Nancy. This was [inaudible] and I moved on her very heavily. In fact, I took her out furniture shopping. She wanted to get some furniture. I said, "I'll show you where they have some nice furniture." I took her out for furniture. I moved on her like a bitch, but I couldn't get there, and she was married. Then all of a sudden I see her, she's now got the big phony tits and everything. She's totally changed her look.

[on Twitter, 8/28/12] Arianna Huffington is unattractive, both inside and out. I fully understand why her former husband left her for a man--he made a good decision.

[in 2005, comments made to Billy Bush on a bus and caught on tape] Yeah, that's her with the gold. I better use some Tic Tacs just in case I start kissing her [actress Arianne Zucker]. You know I'm automatically attracted to beautiful . . . I just start kissing them. It's like a magnet. Just kiss. I don't even wait. And when you're a star they let you do it. You can do anything [ . . . ] Grab them by the pussy. You can do anything.

[in 2005, comments made to Billy Bush on a bus and recorded on tape] Look at you. You are a pussy.

[in November 1999, as he considered entering the 2000 presidential race] I think the only difference between me and the other candidates is that I'm more honest and my women are more beautiful.

[in 2005, to Billy Bush on the bus] It's always good if you don't fall out of the bus. Like Ford, Gerald Ford, remember?

Disloyal Republicans are far more difficult than Crooked Hillary. They came at you from all sides. They don't know how to win. I will teach them.

[October 2016, on breaking with the Republican Party hierarchy] It is so nice that the shackles have been taken off me and I can now fight for the America I want to.

[in 2016, on Hillary Clinton at the third presidential debate] Such a nasty woman.

[October 2016, referring to his position on immigration at the third presidential debate] We have some "bad hombres" here and we're going to get them out.

[7/28/2015, on Christianity, in an interview with Frank Luntz at the Family Leadership Summit] I'm a religious person, shockingly, 'cause people are so shocked when they find this out . . . I am Protestant. I am Presbyterian. And I go to church, and I love God, and I love my church.

[6/16/2015, presidential campaign announcement at Trump Tower] I will be the greatest jobs president that God ever created!

[3/17/2011, on China, in an interview with ABC News' Ashleigh Banfield] It's very interesting . . . While we spend billions of dollars a week, on being the policeman for the world, China's spending billions of dollars a DAY on taking over the world economically . . . That's not a good formula for us.

[claiming that Hillary Clinton supported performing abortions during the ninth month of pregnancy] I think it's terrible if you go with what Hillary is saying, in the ninth month you can take the baby and rip the baby out of the womb of the mother just prior to the birth of the baby. Now you can say that's okay and Hillary can say that's okay, but it's not okay with me. Because based on what she's saying and based on where she's going and where she's been, you can take the baby and rip the baby out of the womb on the ninth month on the final day. And that's not acceptable. NOTE: Hillary Clinton has never said she supported abortions in the ninth month of pregnancy. When informed of this, Mr. Trump refused to retract this statement.

[May 2011] I am a traditionalist. I have so many fabulous friends who happen to be gay, but I am a traditionalist.

The only card [Hillary Clinton] has is the woman's card. She's got nothing else to offer and frankly, if Hillary Clinton were a man, I don't think she'd get 5% of the vote. The only thing she's got going is the woman's card, and the beautiful thing is, women don't like her.

[10/17/2012] My Twitter has become so powerful that I can actually make my enemies tell the truth.

[on Twitter, 3/22/2016] Lyin' Ted Cruz just used a picture of Melania [Melania Trump] from a "GQ". shoot in his ad. Be careful, Lyin' Ted, or I will spill the beans on your wife!