"Running a real business is exacting, daunting, repetitive work. Even in Silicon Valley."

"When Hollywood sees a good story about a man who sells confidence, they see themselves and they like it."

"I have a great pic of my father and Rev. Graham laughing hysterically at some joke with George Pratt Shultz looking on back in 1972 or so."

"I always assumed scientists were free to ask any question, pursue any line of inquiry without fear or reprisal."

"I have no idea where the concept came from that America is an explicitly atheist country. I can't find it in the Constitution, and I don't like it being shoved down my throat."

"It doesn't bother me a bit when people say, 'Merry Christmas' to me. I don't think they are slighting me or getting ready to put me in a ghetto. In fact, I kind of like it."

"I'm not a Mensa member. I have no idea where that rumor came from. I never have been, and I doubt if I ever will be."

"It's a great stretch for me to do my game show. It's very hard. It's not me at all. The only part that's me is sort of when I'm sitting in the booth looking tormented. That's the only part that's the real me."

"I'm an economist by training. I don't really work as an economist. I only worked briefly as an economist."

"If there's a recession, I'd buy stocks. That's when you make money: when markets are spooked."

"We're a lazy, undisciplined generation. I don't exempt myself: I spend way too much, even though I make a good income."

"Trying to pick individual stocks is a trap. I can't do it. Warren Buffett can, but hardly anyone else can beat the indexes over a long period of time."

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

"Academic freedom is being lost by a great many people who dare to challenge Darwinism. That's a terrifying situation. That's contrary to the principles of science."

"I think Darwinism as a theory explaining evolution within species is incredibly brilliant - just unbelievably, incredibly brilliant."

"Israel is our strongest, most reliable ally in the Middle East. Of course, we're their most reliable ally, too."

"I tell you why I don't think I will ever vote for a Democrat, if I may say so. Because for me, the number one issue is right to life, and I don't think the Democrats are very good on the right-to-life issue."

"The education system should teach us about money; it's an incredibly big subject. I run into people all the time that don't have the first clue of what they should do about money."

"As to a media personality, well that just happened in large measure because people found me amusing, and I did lots and lots of T.V. news interview shows."

"It is so great to sleep in safe, glorious, beautiful America. I just cannot get over it."

"I have to tell you I never in my life anticipated getting this old, this fast. It seems as if I were 25 just a few days ago."

"If there is no God, why bother to tell the truth? Why not steal?"

"If there is no God, then man sometimes thinks he is god, and sometimes tries to live like a god."

"My 'thing' is that I just lie in my immense bed and look out the window at the skyline over Virginia and the sky and the airplanes coming into Reagan. I really love doing that."

"I love sleeping in a moving car more than sleeping in bed."

"I love sleeping in a moving car more than sleeping in bed."

"As Beverly Hills becomes more Iranian-Jewish, it is becoming politically conservative."

"I am so in love with just lying in bed listening to Mozart."

"Israel being condemned by the EU, which 66 years ago watched with glee as its Jews were being mass murdered. That is pretty rich."

"When are American Jews going to realize that the Republican Party is far better for Israel than the Democrats?"

"The people who did the collateralized mortgage obligations, sold them to pension funds, then sold them short, then bought credit default swap insurance on them, are just amazing. They are a law unto themselves."

"Men and women succeed because they find a field of endeavor that matches their interests and abilities."

"After all the black man has been through in this world, he can still often reach levels of spirituality the most pampered white man cannot touch. Maybe what he's been through is the reason why."

"The America that we knew as the smartest place on the planet is gone with the wind."

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

"I agree that there are some bad apples on Wall Street. I spent about ten years exposing corporate and financial fraud for 'Barron's' magazine and I found a lot to write about."

"I agree that there are some bad apples on Wall Street. I spent about ten years exposing corporate and financial fraud for 'Barron's' magazine and I found a lot to write about."

"We in the media are just people with all of people's faults."

"Yes, Americans can still get credit for cars and trucks and refrigerators, and those businesses are doing well. But just try to get a home loan now."

"Now, although my life is still pleasant, the days of easy money are over."

"A corporation's responsibility is to the shareholders, not its retirees and employees. Companies are doing everything they can to get rid of pension plans and they will succeed."

"You cannot win if you're not at the table. You have to be where the action is."

"Science should always be in the business of attempting to disprove itself."

"I am scared of running out of money."

"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."

"This is my life. I love it."

"Traders can cause short-term volatility. In the long run, the market must revert to a sensible price/earnings multiple."

"Sleep more at night. If it's allowed at work or home, take a nap in the afternoon. You'll be amazed at how much better you'll feel."

"The successful people of this world take life as it comes. They just go out and deal with the world as it is."

"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.'"