When I was young I wanted to be the greatest blues singer of all time. I wrecked my education and left home for it.

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.

That's it...I'm completely giving up on boys and concentrating on staying alive.

An entrepreneur is not deterred by his lack of perfection, he knows no one else is

Men always laugh whenever a woman says she has political skill. But it's not such a difficult thing to master.

One does not greet the Queen of the Seelie Court with the barbarous human 'hello'.

If you think you can, then you’re half way there. If you say, ‘I can’t,’ then you’re defeated.

We all have so many different elements inside of us and we're not all one thing.

I'm never surprised by the insensitivity of 'The New York Times' editorial board.

If God was dead, how could I feel this bad?

The conception of what is normal varies not only with the culture but also within the same culture, in the course of time.

There’s nothing as glamorous to me as a record store.