Money is to be respected one of the worst things you can do is handle another person's money without respect for how hard it was to earn.

The first billion is a helluva lot harder.

I know what people say, that water's a lot like air. Do you charge for air? Well, of course not. Well, you shouldn't charge for water. Okay, watch what happens you won't have any water

I never did anything dishonest.

If you don't have a refinery operating, it's hard to use oil that's available.

It has become cheaper to look for oil on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange than in the ground.

Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader. Don't fall victim to what I call the 'ready-aim-aim-aim-aim syndrome'. You must be willing to fire.