Top 90 Barbara Corcoran Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “My mother is an amazing woman. Not only did she manage the entire household, she noticed a gift in each of her kids and instilled confidence in all of us that that gift would take us wherever we wanted to go.”

— Barbara Corcoran

52. “No loan is free. The costs are in your loan somewhere, maybe rolled into the amount to be refinanced or even coming at a higher interest rate.”

— Barbara Corcoran

53. “Make sure you pick good people to build your business with, as they’ll determine 80 percent of your success.”

— Barbara Corcoran

54. “What people ask for has nothing to do with the value of a property. You might see a listing for $300,000 and think you should make a $250,000 bid. But hyper-focus on what the house is worth. You should know what the house is worth by looking at comparable properties. Base your bid on that.”

— Barbara Corcoran

55. “My husband had a very strong identity and was successful in his life. Thank God for that. There’s no way I can control him. I wouldn’t stay married to him if I felt I could. I can readily take my business personality into the home. But he forces me to be a partner rather than the boss.”

— Barbara Corcoran

56. “Harebrained schemes often lead to great discoveries.”

— Barbara Corcoran

57. “If someone doesn’t fit in your company, you have an obligation to get rid of them, because you’re holding them back from excelling elsewhere.”

— Barbara Corcoran

58. “I think of my business and investments as extension of my family.”

— Barbara Corcoran

59. “Your people smarts will prove ten times more valuable than all the book smarts you can’t get.”

— Barbara Corcoran

60. “I have found, whether you have a tiny business or a big business, if you don’t jump on something right away, it’s like a bird flying by-it flies off.”

— Barbara Corcoran

61. “The best time to expand is when people are asleep at the wheel.”

— Barbara Corcoran

62. “In New York City, the meek don’t inherit the earth. The big mouth does.”

— Barbara Corcoran

63. “Most great entrepreneurs I know are nothing like the other kids. They’re almost like tangent lines – those lines that seem to go nowhere. Nothing connects them, until they get out in the real world. Then they connect just fine.”

— Barbara Corcoran

64. “Take some time to sit down and figure out how your big rival is promoting their brand and plan something smarter and more creative for yours!”

— Barbara Corcoran

65. “If you get labeled a winner, people come along for the ride. Might as well enjoy it and they should too.”

— Barbara Corcoran

66. “Sometimes very successful people appear to be winging it, because they look so comfortable on their feet. But don’t be fooled; there ain’t no such thing. They just come across that way because they practiced so many times.”

— Barbara Corcoran

67. “If you want to have a creative culture, you can’t get it by reading books. You get it by example.”

— Barbara Corcoran

68. “Don’t teach talent that isn’t there.”

— Barbara Corcoran

69. “I got along with people very well at every job I had, people liked me and I liked them and I loved being on my feet.”

— Barbara Corcoran

70. “The wheels of justice – they’re square wheels.”

— Barbara Corcoran

71. “Become better at firing than hiring – it’s crucial for building a business.”

— Barbara Corcoran

72. “Shark Tales: How I turned $1,000 into a Billion Dollar Business.”

— Barbara Corcoran

73. “The most expensive hobby a rich man could have is a boat, and the second most expensive hobby he could have is a very old house.”

— Barbara Corcoran

74. “Buy with your heart, not your head. You can look at all the aspects that make a purchase practical, but that kind of thinking makes it an investment rather than a home.”

— Barbara Corcoran

75. “Refinancing your mortgage usually makes sense if you can lower your interest rate by at least two points. But the most important question to ask yourself is, how long will it take you to break even?”

— Barbara Corcoran

76. “I hate entrepreneurs with beautiful business plans.”

— Barbara Corcoran

77. “A whopping 89 percent of buyers start their home search online. How your house looks online is the modern equivalent of ‘curb appeal.’ Rent a wide-angle lens and good lighting, get rid of your clutter and post at least eight great photos to win the beauty contest.”

— Barbara Corcoran

78. “I did everything in my power to give my brokers brand identity and clout in the market. I saw my job as parent to build them up and if I took care of them, then they would take care of their customer.”

— Barbara Corcoran

79. “If I could set a world record, it would be that I have 150 business partners, all with thriving businesses of their own that started with nothing and I made the difference to make them all billionaires.”

— Barbara Corcoran

80. “Good salesmanship is nothing more than maximizing the positive and minimizing the negative.”

— Barbara Corcoran

81. “I had probably seven agents by the time I became a legitimate real estate broker.”

— Barbara Corcoran

82. “I sat down and collected all of our eleven sales for the past six months and I added them all together and divided by eleven. I then took that average and presented it as the average price for a Manhattan apartment. The media ate it up.”

— Barbara Corcoran

83. “I don’t invest anymore in entrepreneurs who don’t have charisma.”

— Barbara Corcoran

84. “The most effective way to build a brand is not by spending millions in advertising, but by finding a clever way to keep your name in the press.”

— Barbara Corcoran

85. “Especially if you’re over 40, shortening the term of your loan to pay it off sooner could make you mortgage-free in retirement.”

— Barbara Corcoran

86. “When you have chemistry with a potential hire, they will most likely become a great employee.”

— Barbara Corcoran

87. “I wanted to be a 150% entrepreneur and a 150% mom, and I found that I was having a very hard time doing both. I was about 75% and 75% – still better than 100%, but not what I was accustomed to at work.”

— Barbara Corcoran

88. “I’ve seen innovation come from something as simple as a resourceful multibillionaire who wanted to make even more money.”

— Barbara Corcoran

89. “I’m never in control of my time during the workday.”

— Barbara Corcoran

90. “The most influential factor in selling a home is always price. Don’t build ‘wiggle room’ into the asking price. There’s a price war out there and you have to win it from the get-go.”

— Barbara Corcoran

91. “When you’re in business, if you have some sort of gimmick it’s a huge advantage.”

— Barbara Corcoran

92. “If a house is priced appropriately, make a bid 10 percent below that amount.”

— Barbara Corcoran

93. “Everybody thinks that they’re going to time the market, they’re going to sharpshoot the market, and buy right at the bottom. The truth of the matter is that nobody is good at it.”

— Barbara Corcoran

94. “Your business is a part of yourself. Should it be? Who knows, but it sure feels that way. You can never really leave it.”

— Barbara Corcoran

95. “If your house has been on the market for more than four months, take it off the market and re-list it in two months as ‘new.’”

— Barbara Corcoran