Spare me the mantra that the “fundamentals” are sound. Credit is the ultimate fundamental.

We are just two people. Not that much separates us. Not nearly as much as I'd thought.

I like slang words, straight to the point. I like words of wisdom, straight to the heart.

I've always been extremely physically active.

If more than ten percent of the public likes a painting, it should be burned.

Let us remember that our national unity is a most priceless asset.

...thinking that the world was like an orange, that I could split it open with my thumbnail and find a whole different world, the grown-up world, the secrets beneath the skin.

In my deepest troubles, I frequently would wrench myself from the persons around me and retire to some secluded part of our noble forests.

If human nature felt no temptation to take a chance there might not be much investment merely as a result of cold calculation.

I'm not going to go into operational matters, obviously.

There's something about the silence of people listening to someone or watching someone - I just... I love that.