All the risky things that were happening back in ’06 and ‘07 are back again to the same level, if not more. So we are in the beginning of a credit bubble, but just the beginning.

The gains from technology must be channeled to a broader base of the population than has benefited so far.

In the history of modern capitalism, crises are the norm, not the exception.

I think investing in a good education has been key for me, although the investment was more in time than money.

I am not going to say I told you so, but I did.

The global financial crisis - missed by most analysts - shows that most forecasters are poor at pricing in economic/financial risks, let alone geopolitical ones.

You have to eventually nationalize US banks, you have to take the problem by the horns. In my view actually most of the US banking system is insolvent.

I think it's true that the 1 Percent or the elite are living in a world of, maybe, excessive privilege, and they don't fully realize how much pain and suffering, how much anxiety exists out there.

We're essentially continuing a system where profits are privatized and...losses socialized.

Once you run current-account deficits, you depend on the kindness of strangers. This might be the beginning of the end of the American empire.

Technology is spurring innovation, and the so-called "demographic dividend" has brought change.

Faith keeps our ships moving, while empathy and the memories of our experiences lead to wisdom.

Expectations are resentment waiting to happen.

You can't get to second base keeping one foot on first.

I find it very difficult just to sit. I would love to learn how to do that with contentment.

There were birds in the sky, but I never saw them winging, No I never saw them at all, Until there was you.

What's weird about the cinema business is that you have to have a thick skin while remaining vulnerable as an artist. It comes with time. You get dumped, your heart gets broken.

We are tasting the taste of eternity this minute.

I don't want to do any more movies where I look at it and go, 'Oh, God, gross.

Angry Birds is a very simple idea but its one of those games that I immediately appreciated when I first started playing, before wishing that I had been the one to come up with the idea first.

Teaching is more than imparting knowledge, it is inspiring change.