"Business, more than any other occupation, is a continual dealing with the future; it is a continual calculation, an instinctive exercise in foresight."
"Business, that's easily defined - it's other people's money."
"Cannibals prefer those who have no spines."
"Carpe per diem - seize the check."
"Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility."
"Definition of a Statistician: A man who believes figures don't lie, but admits than under analysis some of them won't stand up either."
"Definition of Statistics: The science of producing unreliable facts from reliable figures."
"Disneyland is a work of love. We didn't go into Disneyland just with the idea of making money."
"Do more than is required. What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals consistently and those who spend their lives and careers merely following? The extra mile."
"Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn't go with it."
"Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to."
"Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats."
"Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Economic wounds must be healed by the action of the cells of the economic body - the producers and consumers themselves."
"Employees make the best dates. You don't have to pick them up and they're always tax-deductible."
"Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work."
"'Handsome' means many things to many people. If people consider me handsome, I feel flattered - and have my parents to thank for it. Realistically, it doesn't hurt to be good-looking, especially in this business."
"Architecture is not an inspirational business, it's a rational procedure to do sensible and hopefully beautiful things; that's all."
"The business of art is to reveal the relation between man and his environment."
"Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit."
"Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations."