“To the deficit commission, a depression is the solution to the problem, not a problem.”

People are putting their money into treasuries because they worry that the risk of putting their money into the bond market, the stock market or even the money markets is very high.

We know smoking tobacco is not good for kids, but a lot of other things aren’t good. Drinking’s not good. Some would say milk’s not good.

I think the less fracking there is, the better it is for the economy and society.

To ask a politician to lead us is to ask the tail of a dog to lead the dog.

When we say “people worry” about inflation, it’s mainly bondholders that worry. The labor force benefitted from the inflation of the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s.

I’m always being inspired .

To save the banks, you would have to turn the entire Eurozone into Greece.

If you have the right to call me a hot dog why do I not have the right to call you a stale 3-day old hamburger?

I think we’re in the take-the-money-and-run stage of the economy. So the banks may go under, but the bankers, who make the policy, clean up.

Political activity alone cannot make a man free. Back of the ballot, he must have property, industry, skill, economy, intelligence, and character.

I want to get out there. I want to show myself.

I like the big bombastic singers, but I’m also very drawn to what I call character singers.

I’ve tried to stay true to myself this whole entire time, and I think I’ve represented myself as creatively as I could with what I got on the show.

I think comedy’s just about being interested in comedy and what makes people laugh and experimenting.

True ambition is not what we thought it was. True ambition is the profound desire to live usefully and walk humbly under the grace of God.

Sometimes seeming happy can be self-destructive even when you’re sane.

The way my brain processes information is quite odd. I mean, I have Attention Deficit Disorder and another learning disability I can’t even spell. I don’t even have a high school diploma. I’m smart, but you can’t prove it on paper.

Deficit spending is simply a scheme for the confiscation of wealth.If I seem unduly clear to you, you must have misunderstood what I said.

I cannot conceive of a politically feasible solution to this problem which will overdo cutting the deficit, where overdoing means harming the economy. It might be technically possible, but it is not realistic.

There is no safe store of value. Deficit spending is simply a scheme for the hidden confiscation of wealth.

Deficit spending is simply a scheme for the ‘hidden’ confiscation of wealth.

I came to a stark realization: chronic surpluses could be almost as destabilizing as chronic deficits.

I understand deficit spending. I was born in deficit spending.

I think if you’re going to do a movie about Reagan, you do it about the fact that he created the huge deficit.