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.

I put the sweat of my life into this project, and if it's a failure, I'll leave the country and never come back.

I'm not a paranoid deranged millionaire.

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 intend to be, the richest man in the world.

Every man has his price, or a guy like me couldn't exist.