I'm the Ernest Hemingway of 140 characters.
— Donald Trump
The interesting thing is that everyone in golf is just nice. You learn a lot about people playing golf: their integrity, how they play under pressure.
Owning a great golf course gives you great power.
I will tell you this: I have fun, a lot of fun with 'The Apprentice.' When I did the books - and now we have a book out. And all the time, books are prestigious. But there's sort of nothing like having the big hot show on television.
Forty Wall Street is probably the most beautiful tower in New York.
The way I run my business seems to be easier than the way I run my life.
I have made really some significant deals because I play golf.
I've become very successful over the years. I think I own among the greatest properties in the world.
There's always opposition when you do something big. I do many things that are controversial. When people see it, they love it!
You've seen my statements; I do very well. I don't mind paying some taxes. The middle class is getting clobbered in this country. You know the middle class built this country, not the hedge fund guys, but I know people in hedge funds that pay almost nothing, and it's ridiculous, OK?
I've met some great people that deal with me in the press. I've also met some people that were very dishonorable, frankly.
I love Wingfoot; I'm a member of Wingfoot. It's a great course.
I grew up in New York City, a town with different races, religions, and peoples. It breeds tolerance.
Jimmy Carter used to walk off the airplane carrying his own luggage. Do you remember that? I don't want my president carrying - I want the freaking Marines to be carrying his luggage, and they want to carry his luggage.
I've always felt comfortable in front of a camera. Either you're good at it or you're not good at it.
You don't get a standing ovation and get boos, by the way. They don't go hand in hand.
Speeches are much easier if you read them. I just find when I do that, it's harder to fire up the crowd.
In real life, if I were firing you, I'd tell you what a great job you did, how fantastic you are, and how you can do better someplace else. If somebody steals, that's different, but generally speaking, you want to let them down as lightly as possible. It's not a very pleasant thing. I don't like firing people.
The golf facet of my life doesn't go with the rest of my life, which is a rough-and-tumble life. I work in real estate development, which is the toughest business, and I do it in the toughest city. I deal with ruthless people.
'You're fired' was not a part of the deal. And when I went into the first board room, the very first one, I'm looking at these people, and I had to fire somebody, but we never thought in terms of the expression 'You're fired.'
First and foremost, I'm a real estate person. And that's what I love the most.
One of the reasons that New York became great was that it's serviced by many, many different rivers and waterways. You have the Atlantic Ocean connected virtually right to it, and it's serviced by the East River and the Hudson River and lots of tributaries.
I think I was born with the drive for success because I have a certain gene.
You learn their honesty, you learn their competitiveness. You learn a lot about a person. It's not that they have to sink the putt and there's a great deal of talent involved - but you do learn about how competitive a person is on the golf course, and frankly, how honest.
If you love what you do, if you love going to the office, if you really like it - not just say it, but really like it - it keeps you young and energised. I really love what I do.
If you get good ratings, they'll cover you even if you have nothing to say.
I want to lower taxes for the middle class.
I think I will be a great president having to do with the military and also having to do with taking care of our vets.
I would say that I bought the land under which Trump Tower sits while playing golf.
At the Super Bowl, when Beyonce was thrusting her hips forward in a very suggestive manner, if someone else had done that, it would've been a national scandal. I thought it was ridiculous.
What I hate about Halle Berry is there's always drama around her. It's always fighting, automobile accidents, fistfights, boyfriends fighting ex-husbands for the child.
To me, I love real estate because you can feel it.
I rely on myself very much. I just think that you have an instinct and you go with it. Especially when it comes to deal-making and buying things.
I'll drink water. Sometimes tomato juice, which I like. Sometimes orange juice, which I like. I'll drink different things. But the Coke or Pepsi boosts you up a little.
I wouldn't mind a little bow. In Japan, they bow. I love it. Only thing I love about Japan.
The USGA is terrific. I've designed my course in Bedminster to the highest standards of the USGA, and it's a very special course.
I think the World Trade Center should be rebuilt as the World Trade Center, only stronger and one story taller. I hate what they're doing with the World Trade Center site.
You have to blast to build in Manhattan. And the buildings went up in Manhattan because of the power of that bedrock. Once you dig that foundation - and they dig with dynamite - and once you dynamite out and you secure that foundation, that building isn't going anywhere.
Owning great landmarks such as the Empire State Building or Trump Tower or the General Motors Building or the Plaza Hotel - there are certain just spectacular landmarks - it's an honor; it's really an honor.
The early versions of 'Shell's Wonderful World of Golf' were great. It's sort of interesting: as it progressed, it became worse and worse, but the early versions were really fantastic with Jimmy Demaret and Gene Sarazen. They were classics.
I love Neil Young. And he loves me! We have a great relationship.
Windmills are going to be the death of Scotland and even England if they don't do something about them. They are ruining the countryside.
I describe Jeb Bush as a 'low-energy' individual, and unfortunately for him, that stuck. And it's true: he's a low-energy person. That doesn't make him a bad person.
What my father gave me more than anything else is great tutoring and a great brain, frankly. You know, my father's brother was a top person at MIT, went to MIT, graduated from MIT, was a teacher at MIT, a professor at MIT, a great engineer. I mean, you know, I have very good genes.
I understand the military. I know the military.
I like the idea of amending the 1964 Civil Rights Act to include a ban of discrimination based on sexual orientation. It would be simple. It would be straightforward.
Seth Meyers is highly overrated as a comedian.
It's my life. It just continues to go forward from 'The Apprentice.'
I've created tens of thousands of jobs over the years.
I've always been covered by a press that's mostly financial press.
