"I pretty much ignored politics all through my 20's and 30's... I had other things on my mind... the band, finding a meaningful relationship, getting enough money to eat and pay the rent"

"Prestige is the shadow of money and power"

"In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way"

"A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it"

"You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money"

"Politics I supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first"

"Economy does not lie in sparing money, but in spending it wisely"

"You do the policy, I'll do the politics"

"In politics, an organized minority is a political majority"

"Given the choice, children who don't want for anything will not save... We have an obligation as parents to give our children what they need. What they want we can give them as a special gift, or they can save their money for it"

"There are times in politics when you must be on the right side and lose"