Government has never increased the standard of living of one single human being in civilization's history. For some reason that simple truth has evaded everybody.

Government has never increased the standard of living of one single human being in civilization's history. For some reason that simple truth has evaded everybody.

'Le Reve' may be one of the three best pictures Pablo Picasso ever painted.

A lot of places in Las Vegas are big boxes of stuff. The hotels I've built have had, for lack of a better term, a soul.

And those of us who have business opportunities and the capital to do it are going to sit in fear of the President. And a lot of people don't want to say that. They'll say, God, don't be attacking Obama. Well, this is Obama's deal and it's Obama that's responsible for this fear in America.

Anyone can make things that are beautiful; we need to make things that are remarkable.

Artists, actors, people like that, they live in a very strange bubble of their own. They're mollycoddled; they're highly privileged.

Casino gambling is colorful and dramatic and theatrical.

Change is not threatening.

Did we not all grow up saying we had to have four glasses of whole milk a day for healthy bones? It's ridiculous. It's liquid cholesterol.

Donald calls me and asks me what I think. Very often I will answer him, but Donald Trump is his own adviser. He is his own campaign manager.

Getting things straight in your head is a major achievement because there's so much clutter out there. You've got to push aside the static to really hear the music.

Guys like me are job creators, and we don't like having a bulls-eye painted on our back.

I am a self-made brat.

I am so focused on the fact that the conversation doesn't address any of the things I think are important. I think our political dialogue in America is distorted and completely off track.

I believe in Las Vegas. I think its best days are ahead of it. But I'm afraid to do anything in the current political environment in the United States.

I can't stand the idea of being demagogued: that is, put down by a president who has never created any jobs and who doesn't even understand how the economy works.

I don't want any more concentration camps for animals that are cruelly treated, force-fed to fatten themselves up for our consumption.

I had a disc giving me a lot of trouble, and I had four surgeries. Then I had a staph infection, so they had to open me up five times in four months... It was in the bottom of my back, the same incision. They should have put a zipper on it.

I had an excellent Ivy League education, and it gave me a long view of things.

I have very little respect for the integrity of the trading on the exchange in most stocks. And I have particular disdain for the fact that the SEC has failed to deal with high-frequency traders who are doing nothing more than taking advantage of inside information, a buy or a sell order, because of technology advantages.

I say don't overreact; cool your jets. Focus on things that you can control: your business, your employees' welfare, your guests, and the quality of the product that you dish up. Do that, keep your chin down, pay attention to business, and the sun will come up tomorrow. That's the way I figure it.

I support Democrats and Republicans. And I'm telling you that the business community in this company is frightened to death of the weird political philosophy of the President of the United States. And until he's gone, everybody's going to be sitting on their thumbs.

I think, generally, the folks from mainland China have more positive feelings about the government here in many cases than the average Americans feel about their government.

I thrive in competitive environments. I've never been in a monopoly.

I want people to be transported by the hotel. I'm thinking, What is it that would make people be delighted and amazed?

I went public in 2002 in America, and do you know what Wall Street valued my concession in Macau at? Zero.

I'll trade glib for common sense any day.

I'm a job creator.

I'm killing two birds at once, so to speak. Animal-based food kills people. This way, by going vegan... we get healthy and save animals. I'm being selfish, too, because if I can get my employees healthier, we cut down on sick days and gain more productivity.

I'm not a daredevil. I don't fly without a safety net.

I've become an animal rights activist.

I've changed my will to show my concern for animal rights.

I've never had difficulty dominating any market I've been in.

If I complain about a traffic jam, I have no one to blame but myself.

If you don't have a voice that forces you back to basics, you're a dangerous person. Or to put it another way: You're at risk, and the people with you are at risk. I'm not a daredevil. I don't fly without a safety net.

If you don't have a voice that forces you back to basics, you're a dangerous person. Or, to put it another way, you're at risk, and the people with you are at risk.

If you run a business, if you are responsible for a lot of people, you come to grips with the reality that you have to have discipline. You have to protect the enterprise in order to take care of the employees. So, therefore, you can't be wasteful. You can't squander things, or you jeopardize other people.

In business or in life, focus on the things over which you do have some control. And don't fret about all the other problems. Most of the time, they don't come true anyway!

In the last 680 million years of the four and a half billion that this planet has existed, life has been determined by two principal forces: the warmth and the diffused energy of the sunlight coming through our atmosphere, and water. Those are the primordial forces of life - sunlight and water.

It's very difficult for the middle class in America to keep up because of the inflationary pressure and the devaluation of the dollar.

It's very difficult to explain to a normal working citizen the implications of what $18 trillion in debt means and what it means when the Federal Reserve buys the U.S. Treasury bonds to finance our loss every month.

Keep a strong balance sheet, don't get over-leveraged, and try to protect the security of your employees.

Keep it simple. Tell the truth. People can smell the truth.

Keeping customers is about the experience, and the employees control the culture and temperature of the business. Never forget that.

Macau has been steady. The shocking, unexpected government is the one in Washington.

Money doesn't make people happy. People make people happy.

Money is a way of expressing no compromise.

Most people I know that are successful have a few things in common that are undeniable: driving ambition, and they have applied that to something they're good at, that they love doing... and they are fun to be around, especially when they're talking about their passion.