“Wealth, in even the most improbable cases, manages to convey the aspect of intelligence.”

“I've always supported myself. I like the sense of knowing exactly where I stand financially, but there is a side of me that longs for a knight in shining armor.”

“If US per capita income continues to grow at a rate of 1.5 percent a year, the country will have plenty of money to finance comfortable retirements and high-quality healthcare for all citizens, including those at the bottom of the wage ladder.”

“In 1973, women got 59 cents on the dollar now we are getting 74 cents on the dollar. In the area of finance and business, we are at 68 cents on the dollar.”

“The problem of how we finance the welfare state should not obscure a separate issue: if each person thinks he has an inalienable right to welfare, no matter what happens to the world, that's not equity, it's just creating a society where you can't ask anything of people.”

“Security depends not so much upon how much you have, as upon how much you can do without.”

“Don't gamble take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it.”

“Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite.”

“The number one lobby that opposes campaign finance reform in the United States is the National Association of Broadcasters.”