Unfortunately, from what I can see from my vantage point as the U.S. Attorney here, illegal insider trading is rampant and may even be on the rise.

Securities fraud generally and insider trading in particular should be eminently deterrable crimes.

I wanted to be a prosecutor - a criminal lawyer - because there's nowhere where the stakes are higher, where you can wake up every day and believe in what you're doing.

I just want to apologize in advance that I don’t have enough subpoenas for all of you.

History has shown that one cannot legislate a culture of integrity. And yet, one of the paramount responsibilities and challenges of corporate leadership is to ensure such a culture.

I don't get paid to serve the president. I get paid to serve the public and what I think is in the interest of justice, no matter who the president is.

I don't eat green things, no vegetables.

I'm a big fan of meat.

In some respects, inside information is a form of financial steroid. It is unfair: it is offensive; it is unlawful; and it puts a black mark on the entire enterprise.

I don't like coffee but I need caffeine.

I have come to really love the sound of nervous laughter.

It's not your blue blood, your pedigree, or your college degree. It's what you do with your life that counts.

Truth is a weapon and lies are a necessary shield.

Every skilled person is to be believed with reference to his own art.

The day before I was famous in Denmark, nobody looked my way. The day after, everybody wanted to talk to me.

Money is the great tool through whose means labor and skill become universally co-operative.

I've never seen a Lindy Hopper who wasn't smiling. It's a happy dance. It makes you feel good.

I don't have to worry about any pop sensibility. I can write adult songs, and I don't have to worry about choruses and hook lines.

If only the Geologists would let me alone, I could do very well, but those dreadful Hammers! I hear the clink of them at the end of every cadence of the Bible verses.

I'm not a woman whose self-worth comes from her dress size.

It's important to look for mentors all around you.