Small banks that lend to consumers are fine.

We go forward with our heads held high, but look back and remember where we come from.

You have a choice. Either you can have more oil, or more clean water. Fracking is not good for the water supply.

The one sure mark of a con, though, is the promise of free money.

What's bad for the frackers usually is good for the rest of the world.

Nothing could be better for the economy than to get rid of fracking.

Every government, from the Obama administration right through to Angela Merkel, the Eurozone and the IMF, promise to save the banks, not the economy.

Elites play the role today that landlords played under feudalism. They levy interest and financial fees that are like a tax, to support what the classical economists called "unproductive activity."

Nobody prefers to earn income any more, because that's taxable. Rich people prefer to make capital gains.

We're still in the collapse that began after 2008. There's not a new collapse, there hasn't been a recovery.

To the deficit commission, a depression is the solution to the problem, not a problem.

Don't stop trying newer challenges. What you fear you must face!

It is remarkable how often the first interpretations of new evidence have confirmed the preconceptions of its discoverers.

Tonight was a perfect illustration of why Cinderella and the Prince get married twenty-four hours after they meet. Because when you're living with your stepmother, there is no happily ever after.

A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone.

I think the greatest taboos in America are faith and failure.

If the Starbucks secret is a smile when you get your latte... ours is that the Web site adapts to the individual's taste.

I just always loved watching the History Channel and stuff like that. I could come home from school and just watch it all day. It just interested me.

Great books are written for Christianity much oftener than great deeds are done for it. City libraries tell us of the reign of Jesus Christ but city streets tell us of the reign of Satan.

To die without killing is the badge of a satyagrahi.

The kids I knew growing up who worked on bikes all loved the smell of gas. It is the liquid agent for speed.