We have a terrific economy, it's like a great athlete that's had a cardiac arrest.

Capitalism is not a perfect system. It may be better than all the other systems, but it's not a perfect system.

The commercial paper market, when that dries up, you know, that's just like sucking the blood out of the economic body of the United States.

The U.S. Treasury has got borrowing costs like nobody else has. They can borrow basically unlimited amounts. They can stay there for years and years. These assets will be worth more money over time.

I want our pie to grow all the people, but if some other guy's pie is growing a little faster, that's terrific.

Soil is a living ecosystem and is a farmer's most precious asset. A farmer's productive capacity is directly related to the health of his or her soil.

You want to be greedy when others are fearful.

The ingredients that made this country, you know, the miracle of the world - I mean we had a seven for one improvement in the average American standard of living in the 20th century.

The good thing is, we have household formation in this country. We have a country where I don't know whether it's a million households a year or more, but good form.

When the Federal government buys the mortgages, they're not spending it, they're investing it.

Any time I can be of help to the government in terms of giving advice -I've given a little advice, actually.

If you don't believe in yourself, How can you ever believe in another?

The kid is scary.

I grew up in Birmingham, but my parents are originally from Barbados. My dad, Romeo, was a long-distance lorry driver, and my mother, Mayleen, worked in catering.

Give me, indulgent gods with mind serene, And guiltless heart, to range the sylvan scene, No splendid poverty, no smiling care, No well-bred hate, or servile grandeur, there.

Everything is possible to him who wills only what is true! Rest in Nature, study, know, then dare; dare to will, dare to act and be silent!

I grew up in a modern business environment and did not experience the kind of prejudice that my mother and grandfather experienced.

I think we've all experienced sort of becoming who we are as a reaction to what we come from.

And though you should live in a palace of gold, or sleep in a dried up ditch, You could never be as poor as the fairies are, and never as rich.

This is what holidays, travels, vacations are about. It is not really rest or even leisure we chase. We strain to renew our capacity for wonder to shock ourselves into astonishment once again.

Scary with you is better than scary without you