Poverty is not only about income levels, but for lack of freedom that comes from physical insecurity

Why do some people stop growing at age 30, just going from work to the couch and television, when others stay vibrant, curious, almost childlike into their nineties?

Philanthropists should find innovations that release the energies of people. Individuals don't want to be taken care of --they need to be given a chance to fulfill their own potential. (142)

God is the only source of happiness and money

Actually, my dog I think is the only person who consistently loves me all the time.

My strengths as a businessman lie in the design and sale of women's shoes, and I have never been comfortable with complicated or technical legal or business documents.

Knowing where you are going takes the uncertainty out of getting there

You can do what you want to do. You can be what you want to be.

To read and write will help you understand life. . .to sew and mend will help you survive it.

I had a wonderful childhood, which is tough because it's hard to adjust to a miserable adulthood.

Sit back, enjoy the ride and hang out with me for a little while. ( sorry, cheesy driving metaphor!)

[In Moscow] we got through to [Soviet leaders] Brezhnev and Kosygin on the telephone. I think it was because nobody had ever tried to call them at home before.

I don't think you should be too absolutist about what you play and what you don't play.