There is only one way to make a great deal of money; and that is in a business of your own.

If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem.

Each [of my wives] was jealous and resentful of my preoccupation with business. Yet none showed any visible aversion to sharing in the proceeds.

Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells.

Oil is like a wild animal. Whoever captures it has it.

Money is like manure, you don't have to spread it around, you can just sell it to Potash Corp as fertilizer.

If you can actually count your money, then you're not a rich man.