I always promised myself that if I was in position to be successful, I wouldn't take it for granted, because I know in the past how hard I've worked.
I don't understand small businesses, only big ones. Marriage is the hardest small business.
Don't let the door hit you where the good Lord split you.
Money is not the thing that drives me. I like to develop assets to create value. No one cares how rich you are or what your ranking is in Forbes magazine.
Even before my parents died, I felt all the responsibility to my family. I don't know why. In any business, any relationship, if something goes wrong, I feel I am to blame. It's something inside me.
Some people say the reason I am not married is that I don't understand small business and the toughest small business in the world is a family. But when you are happy and feel every minute of your life, what is the reason to get married?
No one doing big business can avoid some contact with government agencies, regulators, and policy makers.
It's just paper - all I own is a pickup truck and a little Wal-Mart stock.
[I]f you look at United States history since World War II, you find that of the 10 presidents who preceded Barack Obama, seven left office with a debt ratio lower than when they came in. Who were the three exceptions? Ronald Reagan and the two George Bushes.
Stop yelling at the movie, you ain’t never gonna change it like that. Go change the movie in the projector. You are the projector.
When I go to one of those singles dating parties I believe myself to be a bowl of fruit. When I talk to potential dates, I judge them by the smile in their lips, their smoothness of speech, and the whiteness of teeth; then I offer them the appropriate fruit, which is usually a lemon.