Very, very few entrepreneurs who accept a 51 percent partner in a new venture will get rich if they are also expected to run it. Control is mandatory.

Knowing isn't doing; doing isn't knowing. Nothing but the knowing and the doing gets it done.

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.

Unless you are completely retired, earning money is the best form of wealth preservation.

America is not the center of the universe.

You'll never get rich by working for your boss.

It's kind of a crazy thing to decide that you're going to be worth tens and tens and tens of millions of dollars and set out to do that. It doesn't suit everybody.