I've always leaned toward a feminine, funky style, even in business settings. I used to paint my nails blue in 1993, before it was mainstream.

If we can put a man on the moon, we can make pantyhose comfortable.

It's really a full-time job to manage our lives.

It's the power of the brand. We've never formally advertised.

Money is fun to make, fun to spend and fun to give away.

My first account was Neiman Marcus. I cold-called them just like I had cold-called businesses when I was selling fax machines for seven years.

My revenue was $4 million my first year in business, off of one $20 item.

My saddlebags are why Spanx exist! Now that I have a baby I also have a muffin top.

My training of cold-calling and everyone under the sun telling me no, and my keeping going, was a huge part of the first two years of Spanx.

Shapewear is the canvas and the clothes are the art.

The thing about fashion - it's like ducks going quack, quack quack. It's being dictated from above, and it just makes me want to rebel against it.

The thought of my mortality - I think about it a lot. I find it motivating. It can be any time that your number's up.

The word 'Spanx' was funny. It made people laugh. No one ever forgot it.

Trust your gut.

We can make the world a better place, one butt at a time.

We don't have the luxury of time. We spend more because of how we live, but it's important to be with our family and friends.

Where I get my energy is: 'How can I make it better?'

You've got to embrace what you don't know.

I grew up in a house where my father encouraged my brother and me to fail. I specifically remember coming home and saying, 'Dad, Dad, I tried out for this or that and I was horrible,' and he would high-five me and say, 'Way to go.'

My husband is such a healthy eater. Except when it comes to sweets. He never consumes anything except fruit until noon. And then from noon on he might have some brown rice and some tofu, and then, come eight or nine at night, he orders three mud-pie double-chocolate pieces of cake and eats all three of them.