Rick Santelli Quotes

The jobs outlook in the U.S. isn't very good. And it's really about young people.

If you read our Founding Fathers, people like Benjamin Franklin and Jefferson - what we're doing now in this country is making them roll over in their graves.

When you are facing the wilderness on your own, you have a totally different attitude to someone who works in government or who has a monthly cheque.

I try to avoid political ties.

Challenging leaders is as American as it gets.

You need more people to perpetuate a myth because if the people stop the myth is known to all.

Our society, our culture - the greatness of America - goes hand-in-hand with energy, and our leaders need to wake up. We need energy, OK?

In normal times, investors should pay more attention to the credit markets because it's the energy by which everything is driven. It's the oil in the engine.

One thing that served me well with clients was that you back your winners and you back your losers.

I'm pretty darn happy with my day job.

I don't believe anyone should ignore all the fires around you and stand pat and not worry about getting singed.

At the end of the day, the markets are my passion.

I believe there's only one regulation in life that works: failure.

People in charge of intelligence are political as well.

I don't understand it and haven't understood in this world of technology: where every building has a camera, every ATM has a camera, why don't we have cameras on police officers?