It scares you: all the noise, the rattling, the shaking. But the look on everybody's face when you're finished and packing, it's the best smile in the world; and there's nobody hurt, and the well's under control.

The only thing more expensive than hiring a professional, is hiring an amateur.

If you think that hiring professionals is expensive, try hiring amateurs

Never fear a job, always respect it, and always leave yourself a hind door to escape. May your hind door always be open.

With bombs and fires, you get only one mistake.

Retire? I don't know what that word means. As long as a man is able to work and he's productive out there and he feels good - keep at it.

I’ve done made a deal with the devil.