Any time I can be of help to the government in terms of giving advice -I've given a little advice, actually.

Capitalism is not a perfect system. It may be better than all the other systems, but it's not a perfect system.

The commercial paper market, when that dries up, you know, that's just like sucking the blood out of the economic body of the United States.

The U.S. Treasury has got borrowing costs like nobody else has. They can borrow basically unlimited amounts. They can stay there for years and years. These assets will be worth more money over time.

I want our pie to grow all the people, but if some other guy's pie is growing a little faster, that's terrific.

Soil is a living ecosystem and is a farmer's most precious asset. A farmer's productive capacity is directly related to the health of his or her soil.

You want to be greedy when others are fearful.

The ingredients that made this country, you know, the miracle of the world - I mean we had a seven for one improvement in the average American standard of living in the 20th century.

The good thing is, we have household formation in this country. We have a country where I don't know whether it's a million households a year or more, but good form.

We have a terrific economy, it's like a great athlete that's had a cardiac arrest.

When the Federal government buys the mortgages, they're not spending it, they're investing it.

When you feel the deepest love for the universe, your spirit dances with joy.

Beautiful sunrise in the far away mountains, painting the wide horizon with vibrant warm colors, among the chill from the morning breeze. ☥

Language is a tool for communicating and not a barrier to writing

I was so embarrassed about mispronouncing words. I just knew how to smile.

All men by nature desire to know. An indication of this is the delight we take in our senses; for even apart from their usefulness they are loved for themselves...

I have always been haunted by the feeling that the painter has much to gain from making use of the forces that tend to work against his action.

The urge to convert experience into a group of words that are in a grammatical relation to one another is the most basic, ongoing impulse of my life.

With failure, you just try again.

We may say that life has borrowed from inanimate processes the same basic mechanism used in producing those striking structures that are crystals, with their beautiful plane faces.

No goal is too high if we climb with care and confidence.