“Music has always been a dominant force in my life. As a young kid, it ...” — John Varvatos Quote

“Music has always been a dominant force in my life. As a young kid, it was a way for me to escape everyday life.”

“Success is a funny thing. It means different things to different people. For me, I am always pleased when people connect to our brand. It means we are executing in a manner that speaks to a wide variety of businesses.”

“For me, growing up in Detroit, scarves meant cold weather. But I remember working in a store, and we had some silk scarves - like, wide scarves with fringe - and because I had seen the English rockers wearing skinny silk scarves, I took the scarves, cut and sewed them, and made them long - almost like a tie.”

“My vision is the ability to design clothes for a man who wants to create his own style and doesn't want to dress like he's in uniform, to look like the guy in the ad, or to feel like he has to put it together that way.”

“A lot of designers become hot, attend every party, and then you don't hear about them again.”

“In the end, it's like that: The more I possess the ball, the more dominant we play, and the more often we win.”

“I think a lot of times for frontcourt players in the NBA, a lot of times guys are dominant because of their size and strength.”

“I just think that unless you have that cohesiveness in the family unit, the male character tends to become very dominant, repressive and insensitive. So much of this comes also from a lack of education.”

“Lacking a dominant big man is a tall order.”

“Every year, I laid out a strategy of what I was going to do, and I was very successful. In 2003, I wanted to take the world by storm, and I did that indoors. In 2004, I wanted to run fast; I did that. In 2005, I wanted to be dominant, and I did that as well.”

“Virtually no other state concentrates as much political, economic and cultural power in its capital city. Even Paris is less economically dominant than London and its hinterland.”