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

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.

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.

I'm not a paranoid deranged millionaire.

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