I see no point in exchanging something that I understand, know, love and think will have a great future for something else that I know much less about.

Yes, in socialism the rich will be poorer - but the poor will also be poorer. People will lose interest in really working hard and creating jobs.

Never bend the rules. You bend the rules a little bit and then it's a slippery slope.

America's wealth comes from the efforts of people striving for success. Take away their incentive with badmouthing success and you take away the wealth that helps us take care of the needy.

I grew up in a socialist country. And I have seen what that does to people. There is no hope, no freedom. No pride in achievement.

The rich support the poor primarily via taxes.

I paid $1.9 billion in taxes in my lifetime.

Some traders still think that a computer could not trade as well as they can.

It seems like people don't learn from the past.

My charitable donations go to educational efforts, such as Teach for America, Vanderbilt University, Berkshire School.

Their friendship was like a wilted bunch of flowers that she insisted on topping up with water. Why not let it die instead? It was unrealistic to expect a friendship to last forever…

Your heart is able to see things that your eyes aren't able to.

The solution to self-pity is found in the labor of selfless giving to others.

Gratitude for every day along the way is the key to acknowledging and enjoying happiness now. Not when the results come in or when you retire, or when this or that happens.

You know those primitive tribal people who believed a camera could steal your soul? Turns out they were right.

The day will come when some more powerful man will get fame and riches from my invention, but nobody will believe that poor John Fitch can do anything worthy of attention.

You can always tell when someone's lying to you, because they're male.

The question of the composition of perceptible objects is one which already occupied the mind of the ancient Greeks.

We consciously decide whether to consider people; we fall in love despite ourselves; we entirely fail to fall in love with people who fall in love with us. It is a mightily complicated business.

Most lay-ups and two foot jump shots around the goal are missed by not putting the ball up high enough on the backboard