“The price of every thing rises and falls from time to time and place to place and with every such change the purchasing power of money changes so far as that thing goes.”

“I'm involved in the stock market, which is fun and, sometimes, very painful.”

“To finance this trade deficit, the U.S. has to borrow from the rest of the world or sell American assets like stocks, businesses, and real estate to the rest of the world.”

“We were told this war would be over in a matter of weeks, and that the Iraqis would be able to finance it with oil sales. We were promised it was not a mission of nation building.”

“Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It's to see my dividends coming in.”

“There is a growing literature about the multitude of journalism's problems, but most of it is concerned with the editorial side of the business, possibly because most people competent to write about journalism are not comfortable writing about finance.”

“Under capitalism each individual engages in economic planning.”

“I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible.”

“It is a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money.”