As with the onset of sudden celebrity, for the newly rich, the world often becomes a darker, narrower, less generous place; a paradox that elicits scant sympathy, but is nonetheless true.

Anyone not busy learning is busy dying.

The belief that you have a great idea is not worth cuckoo spit. Ideas are ten a penny while the ability to execute counts for a great deal more.

People who get trapped in the tunnel vision of making money think that is all there is to life.

Without self belief nothing can be accomplished. With it, nothing is impossible.

Say to yourself: The world is full of money. Some of it has my name on it. All I have to do is collect it.

Teamwork is the glue which binds losers together

Obviously, waste disposal is an enormous and fantastic industry.

I think having a great idea is vastly overrated. I know it sounds kind of crazy and counterintuitive. I don't think it matters what the idea is, almost. You need great execution.

Most of the worst errors I made in my life came from forgetting to act small.

Rich people always have a certain degree of debt. Apparently it helps to reduce taxes. I'm not so hot on the bean-counting side.

I want to feel you up like we're sixteen in the backseat of a car. On the outside of your clothes, " he said just above a whisper. "Touch you all over, then slide my hands up under your shirt.

Man can destroy a mountain within a day, but a Man cannot build a mountain in a single day or the rest of his days

Why doesn't she want me? The sun is rising now, but it is 93, 000, 000 miles away and I can't get warm... She won't be cold. She has the sun inside her.

People say I'm cocky, but am I supposed to sit here and be insecure and not know where my future's going or not realize that moviemaking is the greatest thing to happen to me?

The fact is, there's a great deal of hair-splitting fussiness when it comes to fly-fishing, most of it as silly as a top hat.

Fanaticism in religion is the alliance of the passions she condemns with the dogmas she professes.

Look deep into the hearts of men, and see what delights and disgusts the wise.

If men only believe enough in Christ they can commit adultery and murder a thousand times a day without periling their salvation.

Women in my family are the center of things. All good things emanate from them. The guys usually mess up.

After the final no there comes a yes And on that yes the future world depends.