There is a reason it used to be a crime in the Confederate states to teach a slave to read: Literacy is power.

The world's most powerful investment bank is a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money.

In a society governed passively by free markets and free elections, organized greed always defeats disorganized democracy.

Being a wiseass in a groupthink environment is like throwing an egg at a bulldozer.

Obviously the commercial news media tries to get you worked up and terrified so you'll buy products that they're advertising.

I'm a product of an East Coast liberal arts educational system.

Within the cult of Wall Street that forged Mitt Romney, making money justifies any behavior, no matter how venal.

Mike Huckabee represents something that is either tremendously encouraging or deeply disturbing, depending on your point of view: a marriage of Christian fundamentalism with economic populism.

Why is JP Morgan getting so much heat? Maybe because it is a massive international crime syndicate.

Organized greed always defeats disorganized democracy.

The failure to work out sensible budgets makes it impossible for government agencies to make long-term plans, and instead leaves them scrambling to spend money in the short term.

One can be kind, one can be helpful, but it takes a heart and an effort to understand.

Fake it till you feel it

I am not a violent person. I am a product of the Flower Power '60s. I have actually worn bell-bottomed jeans.

It is not easy to be a pioneer - but oh, it is fascinating!

I will do my best to dodge tonight's depression Hide in sleep Damage myself in dreams Wake up older, slightly more used.

It's a great sense of accomplishment when you can take something and really think it's really tough, and then all of a sudden you conquer it. That makes you feel pretty good.

The only time I'm the only woman in the room is when I go to the leadership meeting.

In fact, the whole thing about prohibition is this: it isn't the initial cost, it's the humidity.

Liking who you are and liking what you do can make you an incredibly successful person.

O, wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, That has such people in't!