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" I always wanted to meet Nelson Mandela, and I have friends who knew him, but I didn't get to meet Mandela. I always thought he was a spectacular character. "

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" The guy keeps making speeches about redistribution and maybe we ought to do something to businesses that don't invest, their holding too much money. We haven't heard that kind of talk except from pure socialists. Everybody's afraid of the government and there's no need soft peddling it, it's the truth. It is the truth. "

" I'm a job creator. "

" 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. "

" This office is smaller than the last one I had. I'm not trying to impress people. I want to be close to them. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" What's the most fetching thing that provokes people? A volcano? Fountains that dance? A pirate ship that sinks? Some other animated device or presentation? Is that as strong as mystery? Allure, intrigue, is much more powerful... It taunts you. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" Money is a way of expressing no compromise. "

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

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

" You watch television and see what's going on on this debt ceiling issue. And what I consider to be a total lack of leadership from the President and nothing's going to get fixed until the President himself steps up and wrangles both parties in Congress. "

" This generation... they have a different attitude. Instead of sitting and watching something, they want to be a part of it - they're very hedonistic and sensual. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Capital structure isn't an eyeshade economic thing: It's about your ability to protect your workforce and your service levels. "

" What excites me the most is working on new projects. "

" I'll trade glib for common sense any day. "

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

" Rich people only like being around rich people. "

" You need to build a place that is a touristic destination that brings in people from outside the region. "

" 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. "

" The most impressive person I've ever met? Elaine Wynn is no slouch. She's a much better person than me. But I've got her. Finders keepers, losers weepers. And it's been forty-seven years. "

" Other people's successes are good news - for them and for you. Good for you because they show you a way to go. "

" 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. "