I sometimes think that the only person fit to inherit wealth is the person who doesn't need an inheritance - the person who would create his own fortune no matter what his start in life - and have come to view inherited wealth as an affliction.

For the U.S., the primary interest is our continued access to Saudi Arabian oil in adequate quantities... at an acceptable political as well as economic price.

Productivity and the growth of productivity must be the first economic consideration at all times, not the last. That is the source of technological innovation, jobs, and wealth.

We only have politicians who are concerned with being reelected.

Television has filled the space for actors that really want to make good work and not just make a lot of money and be famous for making a lot of money and being famous.

You know what kind of companies generally survive? Companies that make more money than they spend. I know, duh, right?

Unless you have financial resources of your own, you can't be free.

People don't want to have to justify their privileges; they don't want to have to justify having access to the power and resource that wealth brings. And by not talking about it, they are able to hold onto their power without being questioned, and I think that makes them feel more secure.