The billionaire who sits on his money and doesn't do anything for the common good - I'm not interested in that person.
Commercial banks are very good for certain businesses, like loans and guarding other people's money. They're not great investors or entrepreneurs.
I lived in Paris when I was 20 and 21, and actually knew people that worked for the government there, that talked about terrorism in the country 20 years ago.
Vietnam was a lie but at least there was a political agenda. It was the domino theory. Iraq is about nothing but George Bush's ego laced with imperialist ambitions. And it was helped by your government.
God has been good to me. My faith has been good to me in the moments of deepest suffering, doubt and fear.
People start talking about you and spreading false information, and it can really affect your spirit. So faith is very important to me.
I grew up in a house full of faith, and my mother died when I was a little girl, and I found comfort in my faith.
Buddhism has a very beautiful teaching that says the worst thing you can do to your soul is to tell someone their faith is wrong.
It all comes down to interest rates. As an investor, all you're doing is putting up a lump-sump payment for a future cash flow.
Al Gore has dedicated his life to detail. George W. Bush has not. He's the first to admit it.
Twombly, frankly, was an acquired taste. I was not in love with Twombly the first time I saw one of his paintings.
It's critical that states improve how teachers are trained, recruited, evaluated, compensated, advanced, and retained.
I could live anywhere in the world I want. But Los Angeles is the place to live.
I never stay anywhere - parties, museums, meetings - longer than three hours.
The inability to delegate is one of the biggest problems I see with managers at all levels.
It's difficult to believe that Al Gore was oblivious to the existing laws. He has to respond at some point.
There is only one side of the market and it is not the bull side or the bear side, but the right side.
If I can go from burglar for the government to talk show host, you can go from entertainer to congressman.
I think over any period of time, especially if you don't use leverage, it is difficult to continually beat the S&P 500.
In a world where wealth is growing, you can get away with printing money. Doubling the debt over the next 20 years is not a problem.
Visual ideas combined with technology combined with personal interpretation equals photography. Each must hold it's own; if it doesn't, the thing collapses.
