I grew up in Monaco, and in that environment going into the financial sector was the obvious choice.

Most Swiss banks do have a whistleblower program, but they use it to punish those who avail themselves of it.

Manipulating [is] just the way to proceed, to convince that what you're doing is important. Is nothing more than that. Everyone is manipulating.

Banks have a strong self-preservation instinct and are quick to adapt to new regulations.

When I was young, I thought banks were there to protect the assets of people who had justified concerns, because of their experiences under communism for example.

Money is easy to hide.

i told you he'd freak out, she siad. didn't i?ah, the i told you so, jace said. always a classy move

We live and breathe words.

I never wanted money worries to slow me down or make me take a job I didn't want.

As far as the work I did with Timbaland, it was his sound and I just kinda floated in his direction. I just rapped over his traditional beats.

Barley, where it succeeds, yields a larger weight of feed per acre than any other small grain crop.

The closeness between the United States and Mexico is more than just a relationship between two governments.

To be an entrepreneur, it just takes a lot of persistence, dedication, and drive. No matter what happens, you have to be wiling to get back up and try again.

We have a criminal jury system which is superior to any in the world and it's efficiency is only marred by the difficulty of finding twelve men every day who don't know anything and can't read-

If there is a State, there must be domination of one class by another and, as a result, slavery; the State without slavery is unthinkable - and this is why we are the enemies of the State.

I was reading some complex books in my own youth-and no, I didnt always understand every word, let alone every concept-but I got the main thrust, which was like a lifeline in a fluctuating world.