"Don't reward bad behavior. It is one of the first rules of parenting. During the financial cataclysm of 2008, we said it differently. When we bailed out banks that had created their own misfortune, we called it a 'moral hazard,' because the bailout absolved the bank's bad acts and created an incentive for it to make the same bad loans again."

"Companies that pollute should be taxed so that a product's cost to society is reflected in the price of that product."

"Yes, people pull the trigger - but guns are the instrument of death. Gun control is necessary, and delay means more death and horror."

"Sometimes in politics, you think you've seen it all. Turns out I was wrong."

"We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they should leave us the money to pay with."

"Never work just for money or for power. They won't save your soul or help you sleep at night."

"True wealth is not measured in gold, but in the belief that wisdom is knowing when to speak and when to listen."

"We are the only beings on the planet who lead such rich internal lives that it's not the events that matter most to us, but rather, it's how we interpret those events that will determine how we think about ourselves and how we will act in the future."