“Business schools don't create successful people. They simply accept them, then take credit for their success.”

“Every successful business (1) creates or provides something of value that (2) other people want or need (3) at a price they're willing to pay, in a way that (4) satisfies the purchaser's needs and expectations and (5) provides the business sufficient revenue to make it worthwhile for the owners to continue operation.”

“You can't make positive discoveries that make your life better if you never try anything new.”

“A good salesman, as the old (and politically incorrect) saying goes, can sell a refrigerator to an Eskimo. It's a cliché, but there's some truth to it: Inuit who live above the Arctic Circle use insulated refrigerators to keep their food from freezing in subzero temperatures”

“My recipe for success: Have someone else do it”

“When it comes to exacting revenge, it gets harder and harder to top yourself each successive time”

“Success does not consist in never making blunders, but in never making the same one a second time.”