We were a land of opportunity. You can never have equal outcomes, but you can have equal opportunity.

The government has the right to change laws and rules and regulations.

You read constantly that banks are lobbying regulators and elected officials as if this is inappropriate. We don't look at it that way.

Don't do anything stupd. And don't waste money. Let everybody else waste money and do stupid things; then we'll buy them.

Just because you have a good hand today doesn't mean it's good tomorrow. And some of the things we're doing may become very disadvantageous at some point.

My daughter asked me when she came home from school, "What's the financial crisis?" and I said, it's something that happens every five to seven years.

Our plate is full. We have a lot to do building our company organically and that is our key focus.

We're going to do the right thing for the company and our customers, all things considered.

Businesses can be opaque. They are complex. You don't know how aircraft engines work either.

We have built a very good company, and we're proud of it. We also recognize that much of it has been built on the shoulders of the thousands of employees and leaders who have worked here before us.

You never know exactly how new policies are going to work. That doesn't mean you shouldn't try them.

If you doubt your sanity, is that proof?

If only I had something to take the edge off the loneliness. If only lonely were a more accurate word. It should sound much less pretty.

I remembered screaming then, screaming until my voice stopped.

Sometimes pain and hurt are good things because it means you strived for something in your life.

Inertia is depression's best friend. There's always a hump to get over before you can actually change. So pushing yourself over the hump is like opening a door to a new brain pattern.

A test of your love for God is to examine your love for others.

What I hope is that the book [Bink & Gollie] delights children. What I hope is that they laugh and laugh and laugh, just as we did when we wrote them.

On days when I do not work, I am working on my image.

An orgy looks particularly alluring seen through the mists of righteous indignation.

For a long time, I was almost ashamed of being an actress. I felt like it was a shallow occupation. People would be watching my every move.