I certainly agree that capital is not a one-dimensional object, and that the return on capital takes very different forms for different assets or different people.

Wealth is so concentrated that a large segment of society is virtually unaware of its existence.

We want capitalism and market forces to be the slave of democracy rather than the opposite.

It's important to realize that innovation and growth in itself are not sufficient to moderate inequality of wealth.

When inequality gets to an extreme, it is completely useless for growth.

Our modern democratic ideal is based on the hope that inequalities will be based on merit more than inheritance or luck.

No hypocrisy is too great when economic and financial elites are obliged to defend their interest.

Over a long period of time, the main force in favor of greater equality has been the diffusion of knowledge and skills.

Indeed, the distribution of wealth is too important an issue to be left to economists, sociologists, historians, and philosophers.

At the heart of every major political upheaval lies a fiscal revolution.

I don't think there is any serious evidence that we need to be paying people more than 100 times the average wage in order to get high-performing managers.

Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring, and because it has fresh peaches in it.

I like reality. It tastes of bread.

If I have done the public any service, it is due to my patient thought.

I feel so fortunate. I was brought up along the beaches in Southern California, and then got to have horses.

Church should be a place where love is evident, God delivers, lives are changed, hearts are healed, and families restored.

The boss says 'Go'; the leader says 'Let's go!'

I bless the gods for not letting my education in rhetoric, poetry, and other literary studies come easily to me, and thereby sparing me from an absorbing interest in these subjects.

I think good comedy is a commitment to the absurd in that the situation for the actors should be virtually played like a drama.

TV is what sells your product.

Mr. Sand, do you think it's possible to fall in love in the space of a single day?" He smiled. "I wouldn't know. I only fall in love at night. Never lasts beyond breakfast, though.