I was impressed when I met the founders of Gaikai (a zero-day network game distribution system later bought by Sony), and asked them what the goal was. Answer: "Buy an island". Honesty has its merits.
I had a VP at a large company who was sharing her background. When she talked about her failed start up she said "we did it cause we wanted to be MILLIONAIRES... and that didn't work out so here I am".
It was funny and personable. Still one of the better VPs I remember.
