I didn't go to high school, and I didn't go to grade school either. Education, I think, is for refinement and is probably a liability.

From it and his other acquisitions he accrued a fortune that was among the world's largest; at the time of his death he was reputed to have the highest net worth of any individual in the world. His personal life which featured many children by three wives was among the chief inspirations for the television series Dallas whose character J. L.