“Although the United States, with its unit banking laws, had thousands of bank failures, Canada, which permitted branch banking, didn't have a single failure during the Great Depression.”

“New Dealers always seemed to be comparing actual capitalism with ideal government. They judged capitalism by its apparent effects and government by its announced intentions”

“I think I have changed," I said."I think changes have happened to you," said Kristin. "But that is not the same thing...”

“Writing is a failure. Writing is not only useless, it's spoiled paper.”

“There are no secrets to success. It's the result of preparation, hard work, learning from failure.”

“When Marconi suggested the possibility of wireless transmission of sound (the radio),he was committed to a mental institution. But people like Lincoln, Edison, and Marconi were strongly motivated. So they didn't give up. They somehow knew that the only real failure is the one from which we learn nothing. They seemed to go on the assumption that there is no failure greater than the failure of not trying, and so they continued to try in the face of repeated failures.”

“Nothing on my trip thus far was as I expected which shows you that rather than simply read about the United States you have to log the journey.”