It's become my brand in a way you know, speaking the truth even though it was not politically correct.

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.

Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn't block traffic.

When you strip down the layers and get to your soul, there is nothing that can be taken away. This is the essence of freedom.

Thought leadership is by nature evolutionary, in that it must always be part of an ever-evolving flow.

I cannot imagine a more perfect hell than being trapped inside my own mind.

An important and fundamental premise of the American judicial system is the presumption of innocence, that is until proven guilty.

Life is short. You have to be able to laugh at our pain or we never move on.

We cannot heal what we cannot feel.

I'm pretty good with languages. I know a bit of French and actually want to live in France some day so that I can get fluent. I think it'd be tragic to go through life only knowing one language.

Grandfather was well known for being stubborn in his ideas. For instance... you had to go to sleep facing east so that you would be ready to greet the sun when it returned.

Nothing can be so perfect while we possess it as it will seem when remembered.