Ikea Quotes

• If there is such a thing as good leadership, it is to give a good example. I have to do so for all the Ikea employees.

  Ingvar Kamprad

  Leadership, Business, Giving

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Waste of resources is a mortal sin at IKEA.

  Ingvar Kamprad

  Waste, Sin, Resources

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• Ikea people do not drive flashy cars or stay at luxury hotels.

  Ingvar Kamprad

  Stay Strong, Luxury, Stay Positive

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The IKEA spirit is strong and living reality. Simplicity in our behavior gives us strength. Simplicity and humbleness characterize us in our relations with each others, our suppliers and our customers.

  Ingvar Kamprad

  Strong, Reality, Giving

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• Simplicity and common sense should characterize planning and strategic direction.

  Ingvar Kamprad

  Common Sense, Simplicity, Planning

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• IKEA is not completely perfect. It irritates me to hear it said that IKEA is the best company in the world. We are going the right way to becoming it but we are not there yet.

  Ingvar Kamprad

  Perfect, World, Way

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• We have to still develop the IKEA group. We need many billions of Swiss francs to take on China or Russia.

  Ingvar Kamprad

  Russia, Groups, Needs

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Ikea products should come free with happy meals.

  Steve Fowler

  Meals, Should, Products

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• What is good for our customers is also in the long run good for us.

  Ingvar Kamprad

  Running, Long, Customers

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• To design a desk which may cost $1,000 is easy for a furniture designer but to design a functional and good desk which shall cost only $50 can only be done by the very best

  Ingvar Kamprad

  Design, Cost, Done

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• I'm a bit tight with money, but so what? I look at the money I'm about to spend on myself and ask myself if IKEA's customers can afford it... I could regularly travel first class, but having money in abundance doesn't seem like a good reason to waste it.. If there is such a thing as good leadership, it is to give a good example. I have to do so for all the IKEA employees.

  Ingvar Kamprad

  Class, Giving, Firsts

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• All the design companies together make 10% of what Ikea makes.

  Rolf Fehlbaum

  Design, Together, Company

  ""All the design companies together make 10% of what Ikea makes," says Vitra's Rolf Fehlbaum". Interview with Marcus Fairs, www.dezeen.com. Nay 22, 2014.

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• Making mistakes is the privilege of the active. It is always the mediocre people who are negative, who spend their time proving that they were not wrong.

  Ingvar Kamprad

  Mistake, People, Negative

  "The miracle of Älmhult" by Oliver Burkeman, www.theguardian.com. June 17, 2004.

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• Want to know the key to a long-lasting relationship? Don't go with your loved one to Ikea. One psychologist says the stress of a visit to the popular furniture store can cause serious friction between couples, whether it's disputes over what to buy or spats while you assemble the items that you bought there.

  Juan Williams

  Couple, Stress, Keys

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• I mean, I never liked being told what to do. It's one of the reasons I dropped out of school. Give me something to assemble, I won't look at the directions, I'll try to figure it out by myself. It's why I love Ikea furniture.

  Dave Grohl

  School, Mean, Giving

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• A good horse is the best company in the world.

  Katherine Cecil Thurston

  Horse, World, Company

  Katherine Cecil Thurston (1906). “The Gambler: A Novel”

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• I still believe in the Holy Trinity, except now it's Target, Trader Joe's, and IKEA.

  Jen Lancaster

  Believe, Shopping, Target

  Jen Lancaster (2007). “Bright Lights, Big Ass: A Self-Indulgent, Surly, Ex-Sorority Girl's Guide to Why it Often Sucks in the City, or Who are These Idiots and Why Do They All Live Next Door to Me?”, p.29, Penguin

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• Simple routine have a greater impact. It is not just to cut costs that we avoid luxury hotels. We do not need fancy cars, posh titles, tailor made uniforms or other status symbols.

  Ingvar Kamprad

  Cutting, Simple, Luxury

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• I tried to like it. For me, it was like being smacked around the head by a piece of IKEA furniture: it hurts, but you've got to admire the workmanship.

  Bill Bailey

  Funny, Hurt, Humor

  "Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra". Comedy, Music, May 9, 2009.

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• Is your relationship strong enough to survive a trip to Ikea? Is their furniture strong enough to survive a relationship? Have you ever bought a bed there?

  Greg Gutfeld

  Strong, Furniture, Bed

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• I want to make a positive point of Ikea. It makes income inequality a minor distraction.

  Greg Gutfeld

  Income, Want, Distraction

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• If you look at the CEOs of some the most successful companies in the world like IKEA, they never fly first class. They always go economy.

  Gene Simmons

  Successful, Class, Looks

  "Gene Simmons: Rock 'n' Roll Entrepreneur". Interview with Stacy Perman, www.bloomberg.com. September 5, 2008.

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• I want to make the IKEA of clothes for fat girls and boys. Cheap, affordable, basic - but ethically made. Basics, you know? Like Spanx - I'm still confused as to why retailers haven't ripped them off yet and done it well. It's because they don't understand the basics behind it. I love Spanx. I'm wearing 'em right now!

  Beth Ditto

  Girl, Confused, Boys

  "Beth Ditto wants to start the 'IKEA" of plus-sized clothing lines" by Darwinl, www.mtv.com. May 25, 2012.

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• Well they're pissed off and they're hungry. I was kind of busy trying not to get my brains eaten. They seemed pretty adamant about the brain-eating thing. Then they're going to IKEA, I guess

  Christopher Moore

  Brain, Trying, Pissed Off

  Christopher Moore (2009). “The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror”, p.136, Hachette UK

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• My parents, last time we went to Ikea, got into a huge fight, almost got divorced. My dad accidentally put his fist through the wood. I don't know what it was made of. Just going there it's like a maze. My mom makes me go. I get lost. It's very stressful.

  Jedediah Bila

  Mom, Dad, Fighting

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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