"Your goal should be to pay off your credit card bills in full at the end of each month and set aside money toward your emergency savings."

"The less money you owe, the less income you'll need and the less you'll have to save for tomorrow."

"I always say, 'People first, then money, then things.'"

"The most important loan to pay is your student loan. It's more important than your mortgage, car and credit card payments. You cannot discharge student loan debt in the majority of cases."

"General Howard informed me, in a haughty spirit, that he would give my people 30 days to go back home, collect all their stock, and move onto the reservation."

"There will never be great architects or great architecture without great patrons."

"I got a little house in East L.A. and did the gardening. I was doing some acting here and there, doing my own thing... getting back to reality."

"Charity begins at home, but should not end there."