I don't feel that I view things with a pessimistic eye. I should try to say which way events will go rather than which way events should go. We have to be realistic.

There are two kinds of people who lose money: those who know nothing and those who know everything.

Abraham Lincoln was the father of a nation and had enormous beliefs that stood well.

I do sense that the financial system is under the gun. In order to keep our system and economies moving globally, there's the need to extend new money.

At school, new ideas are thrust at you every day. Out in the world, you'll have to find your inner motivation to seek for new ideas on your own.

Every great brand is like a great story.

The only time you'll ever have is now.

A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.

Many people are so poor because the only thing they have is money.

In many parts of the world, a man's accusing finger always finds a woman. But I think we need women to solve the problems that men create.

I'm brash and abrasive but that's because I've noticed when people are nice and polite they never get anywhere.

Power-over is resorted to time without number because people will not wait for the slower process of education.

The most important thing is to be happy and true to yourself. I don't want to look back at this in 30 years from now and say, 'I did it all to make them happy and I didn't enjoy.'

I'm an Irish-American, and I grew up in an Irish-American neighborhood.