“It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.”

“Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all success, all achievement in real life grows.”

“The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.”

“If there are finer beings than German short hairs, I don't know what they are. In their eyes is peace.”

“The sad fact is that spending rises every year, no matter what people want or say they want.”

“For me, I've always believed that there was a God. I've always believed that God created the heavens and earth - so, for me it's not a huge leap from there to intelligent design.”

“Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will.”

“My pals, such as they are, in Hollywood, ask me why I love to travel to D.C. so much, why it's a vacation destination for me. I say, 'Because I sometimes have perfect days there.'”

“If you want to fight the evil you see in finance and industry, get to work reading the corporate filings, see if there has been fraud, and where you find it, report it to the SEC or write about it or blog about it.”

“I don't really consider myself to be a personal finance expert compared with some others. There are quite a few that know a lot more than I do.”

“Sleep makes people calmer, more alert, less fearful - just plain happier, or so I see around me and in me. I am sure that if this great nation were to concentrate on getting more sleep, we would be a happier, more confident people, and that by itself would be a major achievement.”