We need to understand that in the end, if we're going to make a positive difference in the future, we can't have election cycles where one side, the middle and the right side, they talk trash.

I have a daughter for a while that didn't have insurance. She gets a different price than people who have insurance.

Leonardo Fibonacci, the great 13th century Italian mathematician (1175-1250) created the 'Fibonacci sequence' to explain behavior in nature mathematically. History has it that the first question he posed was how many rabbits would be created in one year starting with one pair.

I've said from day one, when Donald Trump gets in there, he's going to make an equal number of Republicans unhappy as Democrats unhappy.

We all know deep inside that no country is the same as it was 5 years ago.

The markets represent the aggregate interaction of many investors. Their attitudes, philosophies, and behavioral patterns on many levels are predictable... and repetitive.

How many of you people want to pay for your neighbor's mortgage?

Government is promoting bad behavior... Do we really want to subsidize the losers' mortgages? This is America!

Blame the Tea Party? Geez, no wonder Kerry did so well in an election. If it wasn't for the Tea Party, they would have passed the debt ceiling thumbs up; we would have been rated BBB.

I'm very happy at CNBC. It's the passion, it's the movement - there's a lot of moving parts. And spontaneous TV and spontaneous debates... I don't know that there's anyone that enjoys their job more than I do.

We are a republic, very inefficient. If you want a really efficient form of government, you have a king or a dictator. And in the end, you hope it's a benevolent one. But then you could get things done. There's no lurching; there's no bumps. That's the cornerstone of checks and balances.

I don't even look at gold as gold anymore. Gold is just another piece of paper.

Many other states ultimately - they might not have the same balance sheet as Wisconsin - but collective bargaining from the federal level... these are big issues, and these costs need to be put under control.

Maybe we should shut Wall Street down for 24 hours, see how everybody who blames Wall Street for everything likes that. Maybe we should shut energy down for 24 hours, see how people like that.

This country is a republic.

The president doesn't hold all the cards. The cards are evenly split up!

I work hard, and I haven't done badly in life. But I pretty much came from very modest roots... I go home on my train; I cut my own grass... I don't have anything against people that are more elite, but it's just not who I am or what I'm about.

I think hacking's important. Most Americans should worry about it no matter what side of the aisle you're on.

I don't understand it and haven't understood in this world of technology: where every building has a camera, every ATM has a camera, why don't we have cameras on police officers?

We cannot collect enough taxes to catch up with spending. Do I know a solution? Not really. Do your politicians know a solution? Does our commander-in-chief offer a solution? Absolutely not.

How about we all stop paying our mortgages! It's a moral hazard.

A republic and a democracy are pretty much identical, pretty much on every level.

The markets are the world's greatest Rubik's cube. And I love solving puzzles.

Most of the mainstream coverage of most of the crisis - the economy, the road to get here, and the Tea Party - has been very much lacking.

I think many agree, being on the plan till 26, good idea; preexisting conditions, they all have a cost. So you have to find a way to pay for it. But it doesn't mean that you're going to keep or change. Listen, cars have tires. You can reinvent the car, but it's still going to have tires. Those aspects are components of healthcare.

There's not a lot of wealth throughout all the country shared equally.

I like free markets, but I do like fair markets.

I come from immigrant grandparents. The country would not be what it is if it wasn't for the immigrants in this country.

This is America. And we've basically invented the computer, and we should invent ways to protect all those that use it.

People in charge of intelligence are political as well.

Around 1999, CNBC offered me a full-time post, and I'm the happiest I've ever been.

This is America. Dissenting voices will continue to voice their dissent. Because they've read the operating instructions for the United States of America, and it's their right.

All the way back to 2010, the takeover of Congress, there is an unnerved part of the public that understands the history of Hillary Clinton. We've seen her for decades. They understand Donald Trump. There's no disclosure needed there. The sour grapes that we are experiencing isn't going to make a better tasting wine for the Democrats in the future.

Our society, our culture - the greatness of America - goes hand-in-hand with energy, and our leaders need to wake up. We need energy, OK?

If you trade in paper, the notion of many who trade gold - the Ayn Randers - if the financial world comes to an end, they're going to have the gold. If you're playing in ETFs, you're going to have a piece of paper.

I started trading around 1979, fresh out of college. In the early '90s, I started guesting for major news media.

What about stocks? You got to buy them. What if they break? You have to buy the dips.

No, traditions and norms aren't rules in the Constitution. There's a difference between a tradition and a law.

A Treasury Secretary or a President should be out here not fighting S&P, not grabbing the other coach and slapping him around, taking the umpire behind the barn. He should be getting the team psyched to overcome.

Many of us, of course, have children, and I think that the type of country that we are going to leave in our wake by rewarding bad behavior... is not a better handoff to the next generation and generation after that.

If the country is ever attacked as it was on 9/11, we all respond with a sense of urgency.

If being the lightning rod that started the Tea Party is what's written on my tombstone, I'll be very happy.

One of the greatest technicians of all time was a man named W. D. Gann (1878-1955). He had tremendous success predicting market moves much in advance. Legend has it that he occasionally sent notes to 'The Wall Street Journal', which accurately predicted tops and bottoms in grain markets months ahead of time.

In normal times, investors should pay more attention to the credit markets because it's the energy by which everything is driven. It's the oil in the engine.

I don't believe anyone should ignore all the fires around you and stand pat and not worry about getting singed.

One thing that served me well with clients was that you back your winners and you back your losers.

I try to avoid political ties.

I'm pretty darn happy with my day job.

At the end of the day, the markets are my passion.

The government is promoting bad behavior.