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I think one problem we've had is that people who are smart and creative and innovative as engineers went into financial engineering.

I'm a big advocate of financial intelligence.

I maintain that many an inventor, many a diplomat, many a financier is a sounder philosopher than all those who practice the dull craft of experimental psychology.

But Wall Street people are in fact very smart; they're funny, they're not company men who work their way up the chain.

I think people like Bill Gates, who have given away enormous sums of money, are shining examples for all of us to follow.

What's good for the financial industry probably isn't good for you.

People employed in financial institutions are rarely interesting and even more rarely likable.

Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, and Steve Jobs did not start out wealthy, and actually added to income inequality, but we all benefit from their creative effort.

There is a finite group of major financial players... and overall, the best thing for all of us is to be in an industry that's well respected, well regarded, and well thought of.

I'm always slightly envious of people who become extremely rich without anyone knowing who the hell they are, like financiers.