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.

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.

I bought a 1200-year-old Viking bracelet once.

You can have a soda every once in awhile, but don't drink a gallon of it a day.

It amazes me. I'm just a fat, middle-aged, bald guy, but people still want to meet me.

I compete with the 'Welcome To Las Vegas' sign for the number one non-gaming tourist attraction in Las Vegas. I get more visitors than the Hoover Dam.

The Obama administration made it illegal for me to loan any money to anyone in the military. I have one compliance guy just for a pawn shop. It's everything from Homeland Security, FBI, the local police department, IRS - all these regulations I have to keep an eye on constantly, and it's just overwhelming for a small business.

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.

The best part of my business is working with my family, and the worst part of my business is working with my family.

When you endorse a Republican, everyone sort of frowns on you. I don't know why, but hey.

There's only so much stuff you can buy. I have to retail the stuff. Stuff that's really really weird - it's cool, but who are you going to sell it to? I do collect some stuff. In the end, I have to run a business.

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 hate to say this about television, since I have a television show, but it's just mind-numbing to me.

I'm a nerdy guy who likes to read a lot.

There's just no way I could deal with politics.

If I brought another car home, there would be problems. I have a lot of cars as it is. I'm a car addict.

I tell people, 'I'm the only business in the world where I don't pick my merchandise.'

My older brother used to punch me all the time because I was a nerd.

I want to make coin collecting cool again.

I asked for a horse for Christmas, and I got one! It's an adult horse. I didn't want a 5-year-old, which is a teenager for horses. It has a beautiful gait. It's the Cadillac of horses.

It's the weird stuff that makes great television.

Businesses that don't evolve are businesses that die.

If life is tough, at least you got that thing you can pawn.

My dad was in the Navy; he was in Vietnam. My mom was trying to sell real estate on the side. We didn't have a lot of money.

Las Vegas is a crazy, crazy town at times, so there's a lot of high-end things I get.

We don't teach kids how to think anymore. We're getting rid of the classics - high school is all about self-esteem.

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!

If you make it difficult to do business, there's not going to be any business.

The weird thing about the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop is that people come on vacation, and they bring stuff here to sell. They come here to see what we'll give them for it. Mostly, it's people from out of town.

I'm one of those guys who believes in next to zero government. They just screw everything up.

The show impacted our lives immediately. It is crazy. I can't watch the show. I get weirded out.

I was a really sick kid. I developed epilepsy when I was eight years old, and I would have violent seizures, and I would - literally, I couldn't get out of bed.

Most people want a lot more from us than stuff is worth because they think we're extremely wealthy or something.

I'm a really spastic guy. I can't sit still.

In the '90s, I went on eBay to buy some paddle tires for my four-wheeler ATV and couldn't find any. When I did find a manufacturer that sold them, I bought 20,000 and had no problem reselling them. So the next time you get mad when you can't find an item, realize there's a market waiting to be explored.

Being healthy is part of the happiness of life.

When you're the boss, you have no one else to turn to.

If the price is right, I will sell anything.

There's a reason why, when Reagan became president, he started getting rid of regulations, and we had a booming economy.

There's a gazillion different business license fees. And just keeping up with all the regulations - it just doesn't stop.

You have some cities that are saying that if you have a man who feels like he's a woman, he can use the women's restroom. I guarantee you that will be taken advantage of by some very bad men who want to go into a bathroom where there's young ladies. That will happen if you pass a law like that.

Socialism doesn't work. A big government doesn't work.

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 only sleep about four or five hours a night. I read all night long.

Most people don't realize how regulated the pawn industry is, especially where I'm at in Nevada.

I can make a bourbon and Coke, those types of drinks... If the ingredients are named in the drink, I can make it.

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.