Rick Harrison

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

“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 i...”

“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...”

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

“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 La...”

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

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

“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.”

“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...”

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

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

“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 resellin...”

“Being a middle-class family back in the 1970s meant we only had one TV... and it wasn't in your room... so when I was 8 years old, I began developing a passion for reading history, and it's...”

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

“We talk nonstop about what needs to be changed, and everyone has excuses for why the changes can't happen. I believe we must change our educational system first to get the changes moving for...”