If you didn't have employers able to pay off the books and off the record safely in cash, you wouldn't have illegal immigration on nearly the scale that we do.

Today, chess programs have become so good that even grandmasters sometimes struggle to understand the logic behind some of their moves.

I think that a lot of the money - these big bills - is used to facilitate tax evasion and crime.

People aren't looking at how they're doing, but rather at how their neighbors are doing and at their own place in society.

I don't think it's time yet to eliminate cash, but I propose having a less-cash society, not a cashless one.

It's quite astonishing how much money people make in the hedge fund business and in the private equity field, and how well-off affluent families really are.

Cash is very easy to hide. It's easy to hoard. It's easy to move, especially these large bills.

I tell my children that a man like Bill Gates has a personal fortune of $100 billion. They can't even comprehend that. Then I explain that he has more money than some countries.

Unbridled capitalism will lead to some very real problems.

The assertion that everyone benefits simultaneously from free trade is simply incorrect.

We're not just going to see mid-sized banks go under in the next few months, we're going to see a whopper.

The moment-when I could no longer face myself in the mirror-wasn't easily explained

When she transformed into a butterfly, the caterpillars spoke not of her beauty, but of her weirdness. They wanted her to change back into what she always had been. But she had wings.

Writing with a biro is the emotional equivalent of giving your loved one a plastic rose on Valentine’s Day.

The journey of love has been rather a lacerating, if well-worth-it, journey.

Moderation is the feebleness and sloth of the soul, whereas ambition is the warmth and activity of it.

Day is pushed out by day, and each new moon hastens to its death. [Lat., Truditur dies die, Novaeque pergunt interire lunae.]

I maintain that Western popular culture at its best is worthy of respect and should be cherished as much as the operas of Wagner.

Music is something that I have to do on a regular basis. It really is my life and I absolutely love it. It's a part of my day-to-day. So if I had to choose, it would be music. But I love acting too.

You've got to learn to utilize the space (between you and your opponent). Distancing is very important.

God isn't a talent scout looking for someone who is "good enough" or "strong enough." He is looking for someone with a heart set on Him, and He will do the rest.