The essence of the contemporary monetary system is creation of money, out of nothing, by private banks’ often foolish lending.

In order to change the system, we need to change our ideas.

There is no room for being creative in today’s business... Except for finding creative ways to be inefficient.

Those who condemn the immorality of liberal capitalism do so in comparison with a society of saints that has never existed—and never will

The notion of the competitiveness of countries, on the model of the competitiveness of companies, is nonsense.

Sustaining growth is the century's big challenge.

If it causes you to sin your soul-just walk away

Habits of the mind also provide our mental framework – the way we see the world

Books will give you new ideas to fly and books can be find in the libraries

Here I am starting a franchise and I'm gonna be 65 years old. I should've started this in 1978... I wrote like 300 songs and I'm gonna have to re-learn some of them!

That's one of the things about love. It doesn't recognize boundaries and never obeys the rules we try to give it.

Everyone has a song in him.

Liberal democracy must finally become the vital element of our society.

One more thing: don’t feel bad for not telling me that you loved me. You didn’t need to say it. I knew all along that you did.

Ultimately, music is a possessive mistress.

When we are at ease, our bodies work efficiently, our minds settle, and space opens up for us to connect to our intuition, creativity, and sense of connectedness.