Reverie is when ideas float in our mind without reflection or regard of the understanding.

I attribute the little I know to my not having been ashamed to ask for information, and to my rule of conversing with all descriptions of men on those topics that form their own peculiar professions and pursuits.

Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain.

Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself.

If you don't ask for money, people don't think you are a serious candidate.

It costs a lot of money to make an album in a studio in New York with a producer and musicians. I have to pay a publicist every month. I have to pay for mastering, production, the manufacturing of the discs. Then, to promote an album properly, you have to spend a lot of money.

My son tried to work in films and he ultimately gave it up, he finally couldn't make a living, he couldn't support himself. He worked all the time and he didn't make enough money to have a house, have an apartment.

It is impossible to understand the financial health of big financial institutions and their potential impact on the market. They don't even understand it themselves.