Three reasons not to have a [spending] plan: 1. You're rich enough to buy anything you want and still have plenty of money left over. 2. I forget the other two.

The shortest period of time lies between the minute you put some money away for a rainy day and the unexpected arrival of rain.

The best real-estate investments with the highest yields are in working-class neighborhoods, because fancy properties are overpriced.

Lawyers are operators of the toll bridge across which anyone in search of justice has to pass.

Where you stand should not depend on where you sit.

Financial planners who take commissions have a built-in conflict of interest...even with disclosure, my choice would be a Fee-Only planner.

Savings will not make you rich. Only canny investments do that. The role of savings is to keep you from becoming poor.

hindsight is not a strategy.

Never try to time the bond market. Anyone who claims to know the future of interest rates is certifiable.

It's daring and challenging to be young and poor, but never to be old and poor. Whatever resources of good health, character, and fortitude you bring to retirement, remember, also, to bring money.

The rule on staying alive as a forecaster is to give 'em a number or give 'em a date, but never give 'em both at once.

A problem is an opportunity to find a new way.

Fear the sins that you commit in secret, because the Witness of those sins is the Judge Himself!

My Romanian is pretty much limited to useful phrases like, 'Are these snakes poisonous?' and 'But you look much too young to be a police officer.

Be the best version of yourself rather than a bad copy of someone else!

There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.

I'm not too fond of the typical Australian activities or culture. I'm not into surfing.

Because my mother was in love with Bobby Darin, I grew up with his records playing in our house all the time.

The noblest kind of retribution is not to become like your enemy.

Whoever wants me to talk, I'll come over and tell them about the necessity of preserving the Everglades.

That's my job - to make sure everything is great.