“America is the country where you buy a lifetime supply of aspirin for one dollar and use it up in two weeks”

“If your goal is to reduce costs, then coal is a good idea. If the goal is a renewable fuel, coal is a bad idea. When greenhouse-gas emissions go up, environmentalists take note. Then you've got a problem”

“Had I but plenty of money, money enough and to spare, the house for me, no doubt, were a house in the city-square”

“When nations grow old, the arts grow cold and commerce settles on every tree.”

“Our financial resources have run out and so the doors will soon be closing”

“If it isn't the sheriff, it's the finance company; I've got more attachments on me than a vacuum cleaner”