I am a capitalist and I believe in making a profit.

Success in business, as in life, is often largely just a matter of luck.

I think there are two areas where new ideas are terribly dangerous: economics and sex. By and large, it's all been tried, and if it's really new, it's probably illegal or dangerous or unhealthy.

I am a capitalist and I believe in making a profit.

A democracy cannot flourish half rich and half poor, any more than it can flourish half free and half slave.

What is desperately needed... is the skepticism and the sense of history that a liberal arts education provides.

Saving New York City from bankruptcy is like making love to a gorilla. You don't stop when you're tired; you stop when he's tired.