“Many people are in the dark when it comes to money, and I'm going to turn on the lights.”

“The number-one job of the hedge-fund manager is not to make sure that you can retire with a smile on your face - it's for him to retire with a smile on his face.”

“It's very difficult to break into motion pictures, but it's oddly easier for directors today because of independent films and cable, who have inherited for the most part those films of substance that the studios are reluctant to finance.”

“Capital is that part of wealth which is devoted to obtaining further wealth.”

“The poor don't know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity.”

“Actually criminal sanctions that are given could be up to five years for violating the rules and regulations under the campaign finance reform. This is like the Alien and Sedition Act of years and years ago, decades ago.”

“Well, paycheck protection is an important ingredient for a successful campaign finance reform measure.”

“I understand that finance can be very complex.”

“Owning a home is a keystone of wealth - both financial affluence and emotional security.”

“Wealth is not without its advantages and the case to the contrary, although it has often been made, has never proved widely persuasive.”

“Poverty is unnecessary.”

“Finance is critical. If sufficient investment is made in infrastructure and venture capital is made available, there will be a big improvement in the situation.”

“Everyone knows in the industry that when these great roles come up, every two years, there's a huge number of people up for them. I'm not one of those top five females that can personally finance any film.”

“I'm looking for backing for an unauthorized auto-biography that I am writing. Hopefully, this will sell in such huge numbers that I will be able to sue myself for an extraordinary amount of money and finance the film version in which I will play everybody.”

“These heroes of finance are like beads on a string when one slips off, all the rest follow.”

“We need real campaign finance reform to loosen the grip of special interests on politics.”

“If you want to fight the evil you see in finance and industry, get to work reading the corporate filings, see if there has been fraud, and where you find it, report it to the SEC or write about it or blog about it.”

“There's enormous progressive activism and, more often than not, success at the grassroots level - everything from living wage campaigns to efforts to finance our elections are having terrific success.”

“Any informed borrower is simply less vulnerable to fraud and abuse.”

“Starting out to make money is the greatest mistake in life. Do what you feel you have a flair for doing, and if you are good enough at it, the money will come.”

“But having said that, what's happening with campaign finance reform and our political culture is devastating.”