Quotes from Adam Neumann

How do you change the world? Bring people together. Where is the easiest big place to bring people together? In the work environment.

Before WeWork, I had a baby clothing company. When I started out, I had no real contacts in the garment business and no mentor to guide me on how things worked. I just had an idea to put pads on the baby clothes on to protect the baby's knees.

Let's not look at working hard as a negative; let's look at it as an uplifting opportunity for us to be better.

As the world becomes a more digital place, we cannot forget about the human connection.

I happen to love buildings, and my passion is bringing people together.

I believe that if you regularly make the right choice - and it takes practice; it takes effort - the more you make the right choice, the easier it gets.

It's one thing to change regulations on the city level, another on the state, and still another on the federal. The higher the levels are, the more difficult change gets.

I remember how much fun it was to be a child in the kibbutz.

I would not have guessed how much I love being a father.

The good thing about India is that they believe something great about themselves.

Technology has made it possible to order food, buy clothes, get a ride - anything you can think of, really - at the touch of a button. But what about having the right people near you when you need them?

If it's servicing a real need, that doesn't go away in a recession. If you're serving a true need, and if you have a loyal group of customers that are falling... As the world goes through a tough time, these customers will stay with you.

When I was a little kid, me and all my family lived in a house the size of my daughter's room.

If your business is the right business, then money will never be an issue.

Do I think people who need a good opportunity become harder workers sometimes? Yes.

When I moved to New York City from Israel, I came here with the idea to get a great job, have tons of fun, and make a lot of money. Growing up in Israel, I watched a lot of American TV, and I thought it's what the 'cool' people did, and I wanted the same thing.

New York is the new Silicon Valley.

You never know who you're talking to. Don't limit a young student's dream, because that's how we change the world.

When I came to the U.S., I tried to take shortcuts to make money - but everything crashed.

Be the guy that delivers the goods and consistently promise things that you can deliver. Even if you under-promise, it's better than over-promising and not delivering, because you don't get a lot of tries.

When I met my wife, I was focused on making money but failing miserably.

I try to surround myself with people smarter than me - if I'm the smartest guy in the room, I change rooms.

I think all of us naturally want to be a part of a community... at home and at work.

Anybody that wants to be something greater than themselves, that understands that bringing meaning and intention into work and bringing those two things together, is a member of the 'we generation,' and the money tends to follow.