Companies are returning a lot of money to shareholders through dividends and buybacks. And a lot of people say that's not a good use of capital. I think that's normal reallocation of capital.

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.

The face is a picture of the mind with the eyes as its interpreter.

There is no night in the life of brave, just like there is much rest in the hearts of the lazy ones.

If you take the hard numbers, then science is clearly telling us that we're running out of time.

A comedy club is a place where you work out material, you're trying material.

I still to this day get the most inspiration from rap lyrics.

Goodbye, Papa, you saved me. You taught me to read. No one can play like you. I'll never drink champagne. No one can play like you." -Liesel

The genome is a book that wrote itself, continually adding, deleting and amending over four billion years.

Relief of distress or compassion shown to victims of misfortune. A blessing that is an act of Divine compassion.

Painting is about the beauty of space and the power of containment.

Something good always happens at 4:20 for me.