Father was the eldest son and the heir apparent, and he set the standard for being a Rockefeller very high, so every achievement was taken for granted and perfection was the norm.

We are on the verge of a global transformation. All we need is the right major crisis.

I learned more from my mother than from all the art historians and curators who have informed me about technical aspects of art history and art appreciation over the years.

Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you're not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were.

If necessity is the mother of invention, discontent is the father of progress.

The negative impact of population growth on all of our planetary ecosystems is becoming appallingly evident.

Bilderberger Meeting: The world is now more sophisticated and prepared to march towards a world government.

I hope the Guggenheim plan will be revived.

Mother's taste was eclectic and ranged from the ancient world to the contemporary from Europe to the U.S.

...somebody has to take governments' place, and business seems to me to be a logical entity to do it.

You know, gentlemen, that I do not owe any personal income tax. But nevertheless, I send a small check, now and then, to the Internal Revenue Service out of the kindness of my heart.

Fear is an emotion indispensable for survival.

My mind is always going. I'm always thinking what I need to do, what I haven't done, what I did do, what I didn't do as well as I could - I'm relentless that way with myself.

Going out in Paris was like going out in the '30s dressed like the Andrews Sisters. It was everything I'd seen in books at my grandparents' house, only it was our generation.

I had a horrible feeling my leg was broken. If it wasn’t, it had a lot of explaining to do.

Dogs are indeed the most social, affectionate, and amiable animals of the whole brute creation.

Madame Bovary is myself.

We are always doing something to cover up our basic existential anxiety. Some people live that way until the day they die.

I know I got angels watchin me from the other side.

When I was 3 years old, my parents got a dog. I was jealous of the dog, so they got rid of me.

If they want to take all the belts, they can take them, but they'll never take what I've done and my achievements.