money that is in billions and monopolies isn't money at all, because the people have none, and money is democratic, everyone has to have some or there's none at all.

No rich man is a patriot, no rich man is a friend. They have all only got one fatherland the Ritz-Carlton; and one friend the mistress they're promising to divorce their wives for.

If all the rich people in the world divided up their money among themselves, there wouldn't be enough to go around.

A self-made man is one who believes in luck and sends his son to Oxford.

The waste, the insane freaks of these money men, the cynicism and egotism of their life... I'll show that they are not brilliant, not romantic, not delightful, not intelligent.

Venus can see at night without eyes.

Creation of something out of nothing is the most primitive of human passions and the most optimistic

When people are collecting gold they aren't doing business. ... Gold is constipation: even bankruptcy is more fluid. Gold isn't wealth: positions in markets are wealth.

About myself - no. I'm unimportant, an observer, a wandering animal.

Charm is a cunning self-forgetfulness.

Gentlemen are overestimated, that is my experience.

Life's challenges are opportunities for personal growth.

People can't measure the amount of heart you have and how much you're willing to fight for something.

I start with something that makes me angry or confused, and then I write about it. It's a form of self-help.

Make music that you truly enjoy and it shows.

We are with you in this work. Workingmen must form a party of their own, take charge of the government, dispose gilded fraud, and put honest toil in power.

Habits are qualities of the soul.

My secret dream is to write an epic poem. That's probably the most pretentious thing I've said.

I found myself jealous of the people who wrote the books. They were dead and they were still taking up my time. Who did they think they were?

Did you ever get to wondering if taxation without representation might have been cheaper?

If I'm a leader, I have a mission.