Going to work for a large company is like getting on a train. Are you going sixty miles an hour or is the train going sixty miles an hour and you're just sitting still?

To succeed in business, to reach the top, an individual must know all it is possible to know about that business.

The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights.

Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.

I buy when other people are selling.

There may be some substitute for hard facts, but if there is, I have no idea what it can be.

My father said, 'You must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let the other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for always making all the money, you won't have many deals'.