The dramatic modernization of the Asian economies ranks alongside the Renaissance and the Industrial Revolution as one of the most important developments in economic history.

It certainly was difficult to sell NAFTA because it's always difficult to sell open markets.

Blaming speculators as a response to financial crisis goes back at least to the Greeks. It's almost always the wrong response.

Global capital markets pose the same kinds of problems that jet planes do. They are faster, more comfortable, and they get you where you are going better. But the crashes are much more spectacular.

In the history of the world, no one has ever washed a rented car.

All taxes discourage something. Why not discourage bad things like pollution rather than good things like working?

A good rule of thumb for many things in life holds that things take longer to happen than you think they will, and then happen faster than you thought they could.

The availability of private insurance provides tremendous insulation for millions of individuals

Most investors want to do today what they should have done yesterday.

The idea that we should be open to all ideas is very different from the supposition that all ideas are equally valid.

The only antidote to dangerous ideas is strong alternatives vigorously advocated.

Stop feeling sorry for yourself and get to work, your future lies ahead of you

Knowledge is like money: To be of value it must circulate, and in circulating it can increase in quantity and, hopefully, in value.

you ask too many questions, " snapped Cletus.I kept my gaze on Roman. "that's because I get too few answers.

Jace laughed, that soft rich sound Clary loved so much. "I'm warning you, that jacket is sexy. The Institute could go up in sexy, sexy flames.

I was not the popular kid in school.

I think I do find humor in disorder, and reality is disorder.

I love my body. I'm very much OK with it. I don't think artists are ever the ones who have the problem with their weight, it is other people.

You never have a friend all figured out. Just when you think you know what makes them tick, they tock.

I, for one, begin with intent. ... There is no question that Saddam Hussein had intent to do harm to the Western alliance and to the United States of America.

One of my greatest talents is recognizing talent in others and giving them the forum to shine.