Individual liberty, the basic underpinning of American society, requires constant defense against the encroachment of the state.

You have got to welcome and embrace complexity.

Creating a regulatory system that reflects the modern-day realities of financial markets is not as difficult as it may appear.

Resentment is not morally superior to earning money.

Stability is not the way of the world.

The building block of every community is family.

Successful hedge funds will be entrepreneurial; it is the essence of the craft.

The bottom line is that the euro is a failed experiment.

Derivatives trading should be standardized and as much as possible moved to clearinghouses.

Race is a part of every conversation in America, whether you know it or not.

Human history is one prolonged and painful limping. We invariably step with one foot on the rock of justice, and with the other, we sink into the mire of deceit and self-delusion.

I sense that you are nearby, son and daughter of the Almari bloodline. I will soon come for you both.

There is no humanity or charity in destroying self-reliance, dignity, and self-respect.

On technology: The teacher is mightier than the mouse.

I never listen to music when I'm writing.

Nothing will make us so charitable and tender to the faults of others, as, by self-examination, thoroughly to know our own.

Ladies, your self-worth is like your price tag. If he's not offering what your worth, he can't have you. No bargains, no sales.

The strong man holds in a living blend strongly marked opposites.

When you can despise death, you have conquered all fears.

If you think a child is going to be your accessory... it's not like a micro pig. It's not about putting them in front of the television. You need to read to them at night.