I am by nature a perfectionist, and I seem to have trouble allowing anything to go through in a half-perfect condition. So if I made any mistake it was in working too hard and in doing too much of it with my own hands.

Never make a decision. Let someone else make it and then if it turns out to be the wrong one, you can disclaim it, and if it is the right one you can abide by it.

Play off everyone against each other so that you have more avenues of action open to you.

We don't have a monopoly. Anyone who wants to dig a well without a Hughes bit can always use a pick and shovel.

I wanted to see New York . . . so I tried to see how fast I could do it in.

Wash four distinct and separate times, using lots of lather each time from individual bars of soap.

My father told me, never have partners.