“The most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop digging.”

“Life is like a snowball. The important thing is finding wet snow and a really long hill. ”

“[Gold] gets dug out of the ground in Africa, or someplace. Then we melt it down, dig another hole, bury it again and pay people to stand around guarding it. It has no utility. Anyone watching from Mars would be scratching their head.”

“You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.”

“You know ... you keep doing the same things and you keep getting the same result over and over again.”

“You do things when the opportunities come along. I've had periods in my life when I've had a bundle of ideals come along, and I've had long dry spells. If I get an ideal next week, I'll do something. If not, I won't do a damn thing.”

“It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minuted to ruin it. If you think about that you'll do things differently.”