The key to successful business is self belief and application.

Anyone not busy learning is busy dying.

The belief that you have a great idea is not worth cuckoo spit. Ideas are ten a penny while the ability to execute counts for a great deal more.

People who get trapped in the tunnel vision of making money think that is all there is to life.

Without self belief nothing can be accomplished. With it, nothing is impossible.

Say to yourself: The world is full of money. Some of it has my name on it. All I have to do is collect it.

Teamwork is the glue which binds losers together

Obviously, waste disposal is an enormous and fantastic industry.

I think having a great idea is vastly overrated. I know it sounds kind of crazy and counterintuitive. I don't think it matters what the idea is, almost. You need great execution.

Most of the worst errors I made in my life came from forgetting to act small.

Rich people always have a certain degree of debt. Apparently it helps to reduce taxes. I'm not so hot on the bean-counting side.

Spiritual yearning is the homesickness of the soul.

When the world came to, it came, not to its senses, but to its madness.

Study and work and work and study will keep in active exercise both the physical and mental. These two, rightly conducted, will not war against each other.

There's been nobody who stays in more communication and listens to veterans more than I do.

Advice to young writers? Always the same advice: learn to trust our own judgment, learn inner independence, learn to trust that time will sort the good from the bad– including your own bad.

Shaken and not stirred.

I sing the Star Spangled Banner, so I can get into football, basketball and baseball games for free.

It's a comedy thriller, brilliantly written and it's full of twists and turns at every page. When I was reading it I was desperate to get to the end to find out what happens, it really hooks you.

I couldn't imagine living my life with another name.

I think if you have a passion for what you do then there are no limitations on how long or how much you can accomplish.