There was no doubt that sooner or later we will fight. But we will fight not in the way of the dissidents' protests. We understood that we needed to be as professional as possible.

There is a state that is able to understand the demand in the economy. That state should use prices as an instrument for implementation of this understanding.

There are no two countries with the same style of economic mechanism, with the same capitalism.

It was almost forbidden in the Soviet Union to study the New Economic Policy.

Basically, movies come down to economics, and they're always too expensive. From a producer's point of view, an actor is either going to make him money or save him money.

I feel like money is an interesting thing when you don't come from it.

I thought psychologists were people who rob, figuratively of course, money from the insecure. But they are not. They are people who are there to help you, and if you find a good psychologist, they will allow you to talk about everything and open up, without the slightest of fears, and that is no easy thing.

I represent Staten Island and Brooklyn, and not just that the financial services industry is important to the U.S., but is disproportionately important to New York City.