Quotes from Rick Harrison

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.

There are a lot of weird things you might find in your basement or your attic that may have a lot of value.

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.

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 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.

If the price is right, I will sell anything.

Never fall in love with something when you're negotiating a price. Never decide you're going to buy something because you can't live without it. Negotiating to buy an item shouldn't be an emotional process.

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.

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

I do realize that television shows end.

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?

Governments have a tendency to screw up currencies.

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

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.

Making money is my third or fourth most favorite thing in the world.

I want my kids, my grandkids to have a great life.

'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.

For years, I pitched a reality show because I thought it would be good for business.

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.

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

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

I read science books, chemistry books, history books. I read that stuff for fun.

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