“I never knew the word 'billion' when I was a kid.” — Charles Schwab Quote

I never knew the word 'billion' when I was a kid.

I was about thirteen when I started thinking about the stock market. My dad helped me a little bit. I'd see it in the 'Santa Barbara News-Press.' These prices would change every day - what was that all about?

I remember, my first bicycle was very much a used bike. I wasn't going to Wal-Mart, buying a flashy 10-speed bike from China. Are you kidding me?

A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.

Keeping a little ahead of conditions is one of the secrets of business, the trailer seldom goes far.

Is it not careless to become too local when there are four hundred billion stars in our galaxy alone.

There is $1.4 billion a day in trade that goes back and forth across the border. That means millions of jobs and livelihoods for families here in Canada and for families in the United States.

United spent $1.2 billion repurchasing shares in 2015 and plans to spend $1.5 billion on share repurchases in the first quarter of 2016. We have a lot of positive momentum, but this is just the beginning.

Life is extraordinarily resilient. It's been around for over a billion years.

We have a government that borrows $4 billion a day. We have a government that owes trillions of dollars in debt, half of that to foreigners, most of that to Chinese investors. I don't - that is extreme. Not only is it extreme. It's insane and it's unsustainable.