Of the billionaires I have known, money just brings out the basic traits in them. If they were jerks before they had money, they are simply jerks with a billion dollars.

We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.

Rule No. 1 : Never lose money. Rule No. 2 : Never forget Rule No. 1.

An educational approach to money and investing struck me as a very good idea. People do form behavior habits very young on matters of money. I get calls every day from people who are in a financial hole.

The only way to get love is to be lovable. It's very irritating if you have a lot of money. You'd like to think you could write a check: 'I'll buy a million dollars' worth of love.' But it doesn't work that way. The more you give love away, the more you get.

A billion just isn't what it used to be. There are now 793 billionaires. Three years ago there were only 476.