The economy is a collection of emotions.

People can't live on $7.50 an hour.

The two most powerful things in existence: a kind word and a thoughtful gesture.

You want to close the income inequality gap in part? Give us better educated kids out of high school. Give us kids that can challenge and succeed in the challenge with technology. You give us those kinds of kids, and watch the needle move.

The essence of business to me is great people run great companies. Mediocre people don't do a very good job.

You can't run your career on the basis of what someone else does.

I decided I was going to go to Wall Street, and I was introduced to some people... I met a guy who knew a bond trader at Pressprich, and he got me to meet him and the guy that ran their sales department, Jack Collin.

Nothing so enchants attorneys general, their eyes generally fixed on higher public office, as slinging accusations against successful financial executives. Preening press conferences and fawning media coverage are virtually guaranteed, whether or not the charges have substance.

The biggest single challenge to America and our future is income inequality. We've got to fix it.

America is a powerful country. America is a great country. We have enormous resiliency. Any time we have had our back to the wall, we have come out a winner.