I spend time with people who are movers and shakers, and others who are just friends I really care for. Some of them are rich, some of them are poor. I couldn't care less. I'm not a snob.

I understand entertaining. You want people to walk out saying, 'I spent a night with interesting people.'

The rich don't exploit the poor. They just out-compete them.

New York as an industry is the best city for real estate. You're in a very transparent market. If you need to liquidate, you make three phone calls and you could sell something, even in the worst market. It is also less forgiving; if you make a mistake you can lose money.

A poor nation, but with rich politicians, shows the exceptional care of the latter for the ruling people!

There are two types of poor people, those who are poor together and those who are poor alone. The first are the true poor, the others are rich people out of luck.