"Homo Sapiens, the first truly free species, is about to decommission the natural selection, the force that made us," said E.O. Wilson, a Harvard University biology professor.

"Interest rates are the physical gravity of financial assets. The lower they are, the higher assets will levitate," said Anthony Scaramucci, the founder and managing partner of SkyBridge Capital, a leading hedge fund of funds.  

"If you can get a dividend higher than the yield on ten year debt, it's an opportunity we haven't seen in our lifetime. On a five year horizon, investing in large multinationals with high dividends will have a large payday" said Lawrence Fink, CEO of Black Rock.  

"Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem," said the late President, Ronald Reagan.