Improved productivity is another direct benefit of globalization.

Unless we take action on climate change, future generations will be roasted, toasted, fried and grilled.

To me, leadership is about encouraging people. It’s about stimulating them. It’s about enabling them to achieve what they can achieve - and to do that with a purpose.

Think about it. Women control 70 percent of global consumer spending . . . when women do better, economies do better.

All stakeholders must participate in the gains and losses of any particular situation.

If Lehman Brothers had been a bit more Lehman Sisters ... we would not have had the degree of tragedy that we had as a result of what happened.

I learned that you can constantly improve, and that you should not be shy about your views, and about the direction that you believe is right.

If inflation is the genie, then deflation is the ogre that must be fought decisively.

The financial industry is a service industry. It should serve others before it serves itself.

Social unrest and protectionism are the two major risks of the world economic crisis.

We cannot just look at a country by looking at charts, graphs, and modelling the economy. Behind the numbers there are people.

As time goes by, as time goes by, the whip-crack of the years, the precipice of illusions, the ravine that swallows up all human endeavour except the struggle to survive.

Big skirmishes over small misunderstanding make things bad in a relationship.

Be happy with yourself to encourage others.

I deepen my experience of God through prayer, meditation, and forgiveness.

You've learned that every good lie is threaded with truth and every accepted truth leaks lies.

Living in a tower, however secure it may feel, is hardly a social attribute.

-You're gloating, Max. It's not flattering. Somebody needs to teach you a little humility.- -A good woman could do that.- -She'd have to be armed and dangerous.-

But the mechanics of learning to 'throw your voice' are pretty simple. Anyone with a tongue, an upper palate, teeth, and a normal speaking voice can learn ventriloquism.

The human hand allows the mind to reveal itself.