“People are always saying that Hollywood messes up kids. I'm like, 'No, families mess up kids!' I grew up in Hollywood, and I'm perfectly fine. If my children want to go into the entertainment business, I won't stop them, as long as they're passionate about it.”

“I have heard show business characterized as a refuge for childlike persons in flight from all things harsh and real.”

“Whether you were talking about Pillsbury, Burger King, Godfather's, the National Restaurant Association, in each one of those situations, I had a daunting problem that I had to solve. And I used the same business principles to approach the problem and, more importantly, solve the problem in every one of the situations.”

“If I could create one job in the private sector by helping to grow a business, that would be one more than Congress has created in the last six months.”

“Whenever an individual or a business decides that success has been attained, progress stops.”

“A man should never neglect his family for business.”

“You know, every family and every business in California knows what it means to go through tough times.”

“The golden rule for every business man is this: 'Put yourself in your customer's place.'”

“If people in the media cannot decide whether they are in the business of reporting news or manufacturing propaganda, it is all the more important that the public understand that difference, and choose their news sources accordingly.”