We as the American people have to hold ourselves accountable because we didn't hold our government accountable.

I've found that wherever there is one cockroach in plain sight, many more are lurking behind the corner out of view.

A super-sized fraud of this magnitude was bound to happen given the lack of regulation of these off-shore entities.

The SEC now is 3500 chickens, and we need to get some foxes in there.

Madoff Securities is the world's largest Ponzi scheme.

Now, a 45-degree angle is not something we deal with in finance. It's something you see in a high school geometry class. Performance like that has never been recorded in human history.

The best thing you can say about offshore investors is that they're tax cheats in their home countries.

It's not courage so much as stubbornness, " Alice said frankly. Her lips curled back from her teeth in a grim smile. "I don't like to lose.

Regardless of your lot in life, build something beautiful on it.

During difficult times, it's best to cut down on sweets like cookies, cake and candy. Satisfy your sweet tooth with fruit to help prevent blood sugar dips and spikes.

Keep your temper. A decision made in anger is never sound.

If you look at the market cap increase in Apple since it created the iPod versus what's happened to the music industry, you have to say Apple got the better part of that deal.

I don't want to be like you. I look for the pure of heart, and the ones that have made a start.

Tolle numerum omnibus rebus et omnia pereunt.Take from all things their number and all shall perish.

One of the great things going on right now is social media and you get a real sense, immediately, about what people are feeling and thinking.

I won't lie - when you're first bringing out music and you want people to notice, you probably overdo it, especially as a girl.

The duel between Christianity and atheism is the most important in the world, and the struggle between individualism and collectivism is the same struggle reproduced on another level.