"I get so frustrated when people tell me it's unrealistic to create an eight-month emergency savings fund, or have money saved for a home down payment, or pay off their $5,000 credit card balance."

"The foundation of a financial fresh start actually has nothing to do with money or specific financial dos and don'ts."

"A big part of financial freedom is having your heart and mind free from worry about the what-ifs of life."

"We women know how to take care of everybody so well. But the one person we have written out of the equation is us."

"You can't have bank holding companies acting as hedge funds. You can't have them taking a million-dollar pension plan for Joe Schmo the bus driver and treat it with the same risk appetite that you treat George Soros' pocket money. It's fundamentally ridiculous."

"A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous."

"Doctors are the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too."

"I have not supported same-sex marriage. I have supported civil partnerships and contractual relationships."