“LIFE is the biggest bargain you can get.You get it for FREE! Yiddish saying”

“Bargaining with God is pointless. He already has a thousand followers that will do what you bargained to do for free.”

“Words are cheap. The biggest thing you can say is 'elephant'.”

“I saw an advertisement the other day for the secret of life. It said 'The secret of life can be yours for twenty-five shillings. Sent to Secret of Life Institute, Willesden.' So I wrote away, seemed a good bargain, secret of life, twenty-five shillings. And I got a letter back saying, 'If you think you can get the secret of life for twenty-five shillings, you don't deserve to have it. Send fifty shillings for the secret of life.”

“Becky, are you studying conversational Yiddish?”

“China should significantly augment the foreign aid and public goods it provides, so it can use these as a bargaining chip in its efforts to get more say in global decision-making”