People who advocate simplicity have money in the bank; the money came first, not the simplicity. (from inside the cover)

The heart of a man is like deep water.

The only way to the top is killing and greed. Okay, I'm kidding. But killing helps.

I hear that God has a really bad haircut.

I come without five lire. I want to leave without five lire.

'I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.'

Keeping up with the Joneses was a full-time job with my mother and father. It was not until many years later when I lived alone that I realized how much cheape…