“Barack Obama's life was so much simpler in 2009. Back then, he had refined the cold act of blaming others for the bad economy into an art form. Deficits? Blame Bush's tax cuts. Spending? Blame the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. No business investment? Blame Wall Street.”

“I like Mr. Gorbachev, we can do business together.”

“Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.”

“For a Jewish Puritan of the middle class, the novel is serious, the novel is work, the novel is conscientious application why, the novel is practically the retail business all over again.”

“So long as you don't feel life's paltry and a miserable business, the rest doesn't matter, happiness or unhappiness.”

“I have made the tough decisions, always with an eye toward the bottom line. Perhaps it's time America was run like a business.”

“When in doubt, mumble when in trouble, delegate when in charge, ponder.”

“I became a larger than life figure for one reason only. When you're quoted in the 'Wall Street Journal,' the 'New York Times,' constantly as the expert in the business people assume you're a lot bigger than you are. And then I had to run like hell to catch up with my own image.”

“I happened to come along in the music business when there was no trend.”