Where you stand should not depend on where you sit.

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.

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.

Everyone can get a little sloppy with cash and it's smart to notice. But what's squeezing you is the big stuff you ladle onto your credit cards.

It's one of those dumb days where nothing's really wrong but nothing's really right either and the sky can't even choose to be white or gray.

When you get to your mid-20s, you start to feel responsibilities for the things that you do and the people around you. It's a cool age.

I want American Dream growth - lots of new businesses, well-paying jobs, and American leadership in new industries, like clean energy and biotechnology.

I was hit by a car once on my bike, but I still rode home.

Most turnarounds don’t turn.

I don't know whether it's age or maturity, but I certainly find myself committed more and more to the looser forms of Western democracy at any price.

I gave up shame a long time ago.

War is an irrational, counter-productive way to handle conflicts.

All human things hang on a slender thread, the strongest fall with a sudden crash.

I don’t know, Sage. You threw yourself in the line of pepper spray for me. You must like me just a little bit.” “I— I figured it’d be a shame to ruin your pretty face,” I stammered.