Rick Harrison

“Being healthy is part of the happiness of life.”

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

“Once, an unkempt, elderly woman came into the pawn shop. She appeared homeless, and she insisted on seeing every piece of expensive jewelry in the store. Just when I was feeling impatient, the woman pointed at the most expensive piece of jewelry and said, 'I'll take that one.' Then she proceeded to pull $4,000 out of her sock to pay for it.”

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

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

“Everyone likes to learn history. They just don't like to hear it from a professor looking at notes. They like to hear it like it's from their uncle, and that's how I explain history.”

“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.”

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

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

“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!”

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

“If the price is right, I will sell anything.”

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

“I'm just a normal guy and blue-collar historian, and people keep tuning in.”

“Meeting Ronnie Montrose - that was pretty cool.”

“I'm a dad with six kids, and I'm trying to teach each of them a little bit of morality.”

“I can't work 12 hours a day, every day for too long before it burns out.”

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

“I probably have 15 to 20 Dalis in the store. The secret to buying Dali - never buy one made after 1970.”

“When you come across something, and its quality is just outrageous, that's probably something of value. It's been that way for hundreds and hundreds of years - the really, really expensive stuff is also really, really high quality.”