The whole financial industry is consolidating in the United States.

I think we are a product of all our experiences.

Details create the big picture.

I was sort of a sissy as a little kid.

You can't control income. It varies based on conditions outside of [your] control. But you can control expenses.

I believe in giving back very strongly.

And it was where I learned how to play tennis and eventually became captain of the tennis team at the school and was on the Junior Davis Cup in New York City.

I think Latin has some logic to it and there was a discipline.

You never want to think the best things are in the past. You want to get yourself to believe that the best things are going to be in the future.

A lot of people at Shearson ended up making a lot of money because they had stock or stock options. Their kids were able to go to college, and it changed a lot of people's lives.

My parents moved back to New York from Florida when I was in the ninth grade.

I criticize by creation, not by finding fault.

The change from self-centeredness to human-centeredness is the key to peaceful existence.

The American experience influenced my understanding of individuality, basic human rights, freedom of expression and the rights and responsibilities of citizens.

Cage the People, Free the Money. The only thing that is allowed to move freely - unimpeded - around the world today is money... capital.

I was dyslexic, so I was put in the silly class at school.

I'm not sure that you can say definitively that some roles are better filled by consultants, but I would say that some projects are better handled by consultants.

When I read Frank Miller's 'The Dark Knight Returns', I think it's a wonderful record of the Reagan era. I think it's amazing. This is the time I lived in.

As a rule it is circumstances that make men.

Trying to please everyone can be very hard, but, like Shrek or The Simpsons, Robin Hood manages to entertain adults and children at the same time, but in different ways.

Laugh every day as much as you can.