When you have a lot of resources, the most important thing is to have had good parents and to have been brought up by people who gave one the proper values.

I think that the best hope for peace and prosperity in the world is greater cooperation among nations, which in turn will be produced if both our governments and the people of our countries travel more and get to know each other better.

The negative impact of population growth on all of our planetary ecosystems is becoming appallingly evident.

I owe much to mother. She had an expert's understanding, but also approached art emotionally.

I am never angry, although sometimes distressed.

Populists believe in conspiracies, and one of the most enduring is that a secret group of international bankers and capitalists, and their minions, control the world's economy. Because of my name and prominence as the head of the Chase for many years, I have earned the distinction of the "conspirator in chief" from these people.

You know, gentlemen, that I do not owe any personal income tax. But nevertheless, I send a small check, now and then, to the Internal Revenue Service out of the kindness of my heart.