The early years of my life were very, very traumatic. It was scary, because any child knew that death was sort of lurking around Europe as far as Jews were concerned.

Fairness does not require the redistribution of wealth; it requires the creation of wealth, geared to an economy that can provide employment for everyone able and willing to work.

Saving New York City from bankruptcy is like making love to a gorilla. You don't stop when you're tired; you stop when he's tired.

Financial hydrogen bombs built on personal computers by 26-year-olds with MBAs.

Beware of lawyers and consultants and people who do not take risks and who do not get their hands dirty.

A democracy cannot flourish half rich and half poor, any more than it can flourish half free and half slave.

Success in business, as in life, is often largely just a matter of luck.

I am a capitalist and I believe in making a profit.

What is desperately needed... is the skepticism and the sense of history that a liberal arts education provides.

Somehow the thought she might be next wasn't nearly as terrifying as the realization he was gone.

How you perceive The Father to be, determines what you believe you’ll receive from Him."From "Freedom for LIFE -all of God, inside you

Tomorrow is like 'there.' Once you get 'there, ' it is called 'here.' So, technically, life is a set of Todays.

Nothing is more important than reconnecting with your bliss. Nothing is as rich. Nothing is more real.

I am profoundly moved and persuaded by the near-death experience.

One thing is always wrong-always: to cause suffering in others for the purpose of gratifying one's own pleasures; that is everlastingly wrong.

I think fashion has a lot to do with passion and that's where you get your inspiration.

I wanted to create a game (EarthBound) with real characters; characters whom players would recognize in the people around them.

There's something about taking a classic movie that people love and doing another version of that, you're setting yourself up for a mistake.

You don't write for actors. Actors come for characters you've made up.