Quotes By Gene Simmons

People who are the salt of the earth get up and go to a job that they hate.

Nobody does just one thing. But the real difference between being an entrepreneur and everyone else in the world is the ability to monetize. I am an entrepreneur in the classic mold.

Marriage is an institution, and you must be fully committed to it.

When you look at Clark Kent when he's working at the Daily Planet, he's a reporter. He doesn't fly through the air in his glasses and his suit.

I don't wait for the calendar to figure out when I should live life.

Everybody hates critics.

Fiscally, I'm very conservative. I don't believe in welfare states. I believe in giving people jobs.

The sad thing is most people have to check with someone before they do the things that make them happy. We're all passing through; the least we can do is be happy, and the only way to do that is by being selfish.

I think I know it all, relatively speaking.

When you really think about it, I'm not delusional enough to think that what I do is important to life as we know it on this planet. No. But neither is what you do.

Life is too short to have anything but delusional notions about yourself.

My mother is probably the wisest person I've ever known. She's not schooled, she's not well read. But she has a philosophy of life that makes well-read people seem like morons.

I crave ideas, and when an idea hits me, it grips me and it tortures me until I master it.

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.

I wanted to be in a band that gave bang for the buck. I wanted to be in the band who didn't look like a bunch of guys who, you know, should be in a library studying for their finals.

My mother had a horrific life. At fourteen, she was in the Nazi concentration camps. Her sense about life now is, every day above ground is a good day.

James Bond has a license to kill, rockstars have a license to be outrageous. Rock is about grabbing people's attention.

I fly economy. I do often fly first class, but I don't travel with a posse, or bodyguard, or an assistant.

I also learned that I love making money. Anyone who is not afraid of work will be happy with the money they make.

I worship scones and danishes. If I never had another meal, I wouldn't care as long as I could eat pastries and jelly doughnuts.

If someone likes you, they'll buy what you're selling, whether or not they need it.

You can't go through life and leave things the way they are. We can all make a difference, and if I die today, I know I made a difference.

First, when I was 12, I saw a Spanish girl jumping rope. I never saw her face, but it was still the most beautiful sight I'd ever seen.

Rock is about finding who you are. You don't necessarily have to play your instrument very well at all. You can just barely get by and you can be in a rock band.

Live and think like a poor man and you'll always be OK.

It's in the history books, the Holocaust. It's just a phrase. And the truth is it happened yesterday. It happened to my mother. I never met my grandmothers or my grandfathers. They were all wiped up in the gas chambers of Nazi Germany.

I know that you like to see a man in the kitchen, but I'm skeptical of men who cook. A man should be focusing his attention on the woman, and not what's on the stove.

I'm fascinated with myself and love hearing the sound of my own voice. I'd like to hear what I have to say. A lot of people don't like being alone because they truly don't like themselves, but I love me.

I'd like to think that the boring lady who's talking to me now is a lot sexier and more interesting than the one who's doing NPR. You know, studious and reserved, and - I bet you're a lot of fun at a party.

Sugar-free ice pops are an invention of God. They hardly have any calories since they're mostly water. I eat about 15 pops every two days.