If you think you understand what I am saying you do not understand what I am saying.

Look, I'm very much in favor of tax cuts, but not with borrowed money. And the problem that we've gotten into in recent years is spending programs with borrowed money, tax cuts with borrowed money, and at the end of the day that proves disastrous. And my view is I don't think we can play subtle policy here.

I'm a plain soap kind of guy.

The United States can pay any debt it has because we can always print money to do that. So there is zero probability of default.

The true measure of a career is to be able to be content, even proud, that you succeeded through your own endeavors without leaving a trail of casualties in your wake.

I have found no greater satisfaction than achieving success through honest dealing and strict adherence to the view that, for you to gain, those you deal with should gain as well.

I love facts and figures. It's like following a detective story, piecing together what's going on in the economy.