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

You have got to welcome and embrace complexity.

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

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.

I'm not any kind of girl. I don't need man, but I don't hate romance. I think I'm kinda obsessed with romance, really, which is probably why I'm still single. -Mia

The Righteous Salaf were as fearful of their good deeds being squandered, or not being accepted, as the present generation is certain that their neglect would be forgiven.

...the world she ran through loved her and would give her what she wanted and would let it happen.

Falling out of love is very enlightening. For a short while you see the world with new eyes.

When I grow up I am going to be a ballerina. I will be in Giselle. It will be so much fun being a ballerina.

Being successful as a creative person is a crapshoot, but it's essential if you feel drawn to being creative that you express it.

How can I protect something so perfect without evil.

You know you are old when you've lost your marvels.

War is the antithesis of all our teaching. It breaks all the commandments; it makes rich men poor, and strong men weak. It makes well men sick, and by it living men are changed to dead men.

life is crap but, every day is an experience