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.

Gold has no increasing value. And if you're really worried about, say, inflation rising, I would buy Spam. You know, you can eat Spam. You cannot eat gold.

Joe closed his hand over the watch and it was still warm from his father's pocket, ticking against his palm like a heart.

In the wake of winning the war, Poland wants to help win peace with Iraq. I believe that the international community cannot leave Iraq without support.

Nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful people with talent, leave the house before you find something worth staying in for.

Rappers are emotional. Critics be reviewin me. But I got love for everybody even if you're suin me.

God is immutable—He never changes! His ministry to you is complete, on target, and constant!

Unbounded courage and compassion join'd, Tempering each other in the victor's mind, Alternately proclaim him good and great, And make the hero and the man complete.

It's never too early to care about fashion.

In most fields of endeavor there are no easy jobs; there are only graceful ways of performing difficult ones.

Some men's memory is like a box where a man should mingle his jewels with his old shoes.

Our brains are like bonsai trees, growing around our private versions of reality.