"You will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes them a living. They don't seem to see that we must all lift together and pull together."

"Speculation is only a word covering the making of money out of the manipulation of prices, instead of supplying goods and services."

"I do not believe a man can ever leave his business. He ought to think of it by day and dream of it by night."

"History is more or less bunk."

"Poetry is the work of poets, not of peoples or communities artistic creation can never be anything but the production of an individual mind."

"I always want to say to people who want to be rich and famous: 'try being rich first'. See if that doesn't cover most of it. There's not much downside to being rich, other than paying taxes and having your relatives ask you for money. But when you become famous, you end up with a 24-hour job."

"Golf isn't just my business, it's my hobby."

"As long as I do a good job, I believe the future is going to take care of itself, but actually I like very much being in elected office and there is no consideration about doing anything different until I can be assured that we are going to have the best voting systems in the country."