• "Gold and silver, like other commodities, have an intrinsic value, which is not arbitrary, but is dependent on their scarcity, the quantity of labour bestowed in procuring them, and the value of the capital employed in the mines which produce them." - David Ricardo Tweet
• "Our incomes are like our shoes if too small, they gall and pinch us but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip." - John Locke Tweet
• "I wasn't a financial pro, and I paid the price." - Ruth Handler Tweet
• "My real adversary has no name, no face, no party. It will never be elected, yet it governs - the adversary is the world of finance." - Francois Hollande Tweet
• "Money is the best rule of commerce." - William Petty Tweet
• "And I think it's a prudent, responsible way, given the scale of the emergency, the scale of the damage still facing America, that we finance these additional support for the unemployed as well as the support for small business. We think there's a good case for doing it now. We want to do it in an overall fiscally responsible way." - Timothy Geithner Tweet
• "We cannot both preach and administer financial matters." - Saint Stephen Tweet
• "One of the things that's great about New York is that it is not a one-industry town. It has education, academia, the service industry, arts, publishing, theater, politics, fashion, finance, as well as movie-making." - Sarah Jessica Parker Tweet
• "Large companies cannot finance political parties as their shareholders and employees have different political views." - Mikhail Khodorkovsky Tweet
• "Small- and medium-sized businesses need access to a diverse range of finance options, including non-bank lending. These new forms of finance are still small in scale today but they should, over time, bring additional choice and greater competition to the lending market." - Vince Cable Tweet