Some people find oil. Others don't.

Without the element of uncertainty, the bringing off of even, the greatest business triumph would be dull, routine, and eminently unsatisfying.

If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars.

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

I hate to be a failure. I hate and regret the failure of my marriages. I would gladly give all my millions for just one lasting marital success.

There are always opportunities through which businessmen can profit handsomely if they will only recognize and seize them.

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