Rick Harrison
What's normal life for the majority people of America, the liberal press thinks is like, 'Oh my gosh.' We don't live in that little, weird, bizarre vacuum of San Francisco.
I read science books, chemistry books, history books. I read that stuff for fun.
I'm not that cool; I'm just a bookworm.
My dad had always bought and sold gold and other stuff. In '81, he went broke because of real estate, so he moved us to Vegas and opened a small second-hand store. We always wanted a pawn license because there's a lot more money in that.
I'm a Trump guy.
There's a million things wrong with government that need to get fixed, but none of its ever going to get fixed unless we start educating our children better.
We don't teach kids how to think anymore. We're getting rid of the classics - high school is all about self-esteem.
The more money you make, the more times people sue you.
When the premiere of the show came out, we threw a big party, and, like, five minutes into the party, me and Corey walked out of the party and said... 'No one's ever gonna watch this.'
I'm a really spastic guy. I can't sit still.
I had this when I was 17 years old - a 1969 Oldsmobile Delta 88 with no backseat. I paid 150 bucks for it, I think, rode it for a good six months, and put four or five quarts of oil a week in it.
If I brought another car home, there would be problems. I have a lot of cars as it is. I'm a car addict.
Businesses that don't evolve are businesses that die.
You have to have what your customers need because if you don't have what your customers need, you're not going to have customers.
Trust me: I know a good investment when I see one.
If life is tough, at least you got that thing you can pawn.
For years, I pitched a reality show because I thought it would be good for business.
'Game of Thrones' really is an amazing series. Political intrigue, and then they throw in a little magic. I mean, it's got a dragon in it.
The number one thing in this world that has brought people out of poverty is the ease of doing business. And it's getting harder and harder and harder. I mean, you basically have the Democrats out there saying I should pay more and more taxes on the profits I make.
I hate to say this about television, since I have a television show, but it's just mind-numbing to me.
Most people want a lot more from us than stuff is worth because they think we're extremely wealthy or something.
Meeting Ronnie Montrose - that was pretty cool.
Eventually, we have to make a good business environment in this country.
If you make it difficult to do business, there's not going to be any business.
Governments have a tendency to screw up currencies.
Five or 10 years from now, people are going to be sitting around going, 'Wasn't there a show about four fat guys in a pawn shop?' And I am sitting on this really nice piece of property on Las Vegas Boulevard. Why not?
I can make a bourbon and Coke, those types of drinks... If the ingredients are named in the drink, I can make it.
I'm a nerdy guy who likes to read a lot.
Most of those who pawn things and want to borrow money don't want to be on television. That part of my business you don't see, and I do five or 10 times as much.
The part I hate is when we go out to eat. My youngest son, who's 11, doesn't like to eat in more fancy restaurants, so we often go out to places like Red Robin and such. Well, as you can imagine, in that kind of place I probably have to jump up about 10 times during a meal to take a picture with somebody or sign an autograph.
I have people coming to me with endorsements all the time. I've turned down endorsements well over $1 million because I didn't like the company.
It costs you just as much to ask a doctor 50 questions as it does to ask him one question. So go see your doctor with questions written down... And if he doesn't want to answer your 50 questions, go find yourself another doctor!
Making money is my third or fourth most favorite thing in the world.
Being healthy is part of the happiness of life.
I realized that I needed to start taking better care of myself.
You can have a soda every once in awhile, but don't drink a gallon of it a day.
If the economy is bad, I might be bringing a lot of things in, but it's difficult to sell, and the opposite when the economy is good.
I discovered at age 13 that if a spoon had 'Sterling' on the back, it was worth money. I'd run around a swap meet and find 20 in a day, make 75 to 100 bucks by finding silver spoons.
The show impacted our lives immediately. It is crazy. I can't watch the show. I get weirded out.
If you go to most pawn shops in Las Vegas, they will tell you exactly what they will pay for, say, an iPod. But if you show up with an 1833 ormolu clock, it won't pop up in their computer. They are going to tell you to go to Gold & Silver Pawn, because we buy weird things.
I probably have 15 to 20 Dalis in the store. The secret to buying Dali - never buy one made after 1970.
I meet celebrities all the time, but I have no idea who they are because I don't watch television.
I read a book every night. I really am that nerd, so when I get to go to the Smithsonian and get to go in the back rooms and play with stuff, things like that, for a guy like me, that's amazing.
I want to make coin collecting cool again.
There are a lot of weird things you might find in your basement or your attic that may have a lot of value.
My wife got all freaked out when we started doing the reality show because she said she saw all these reality shows, and everyone was getting divorced.
It's the only pawnshop I know that's got real Picassos hanging on the wall. I have Salvador Dalis on the wall. I have LeRoy Neimans.
I do realize that television shows end.