The great drama of Russian history has been between its state and society. Put simply, Russia has always had too much state and not enough society.

The tallest building in the world is now in Dubai.

The Berlin Wall wasn't the only barrier to fall after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. Traditional barriers to the flow of money, trade, people and ideas also fell.

Street protests in Saudi Arabia might warm our hearts, but they could easily lead to $250 a barrel oil and a global recession.

Thanks to the Communist Party of China, we now know the path to poverty alleviation is Capitalism.

But as the arms-control scholar Thomas Schelling once noted, two things are very expensive in international life: promises when they succeed and threats when they fail.

I am an American, not by accident of birth but by choice. I voted with my feet and became an American because I love this country and think it is exceptional.

It all looks American because America, the country that invented mass capitalism and consumerism, got there first. the impact of mass capitalism is now universal.

You know, when the cost of capital goes down, when credit becomes cheap, people start taking greater and greater risks.

In a world awash in debt, power shifts to creditors.

Democracy is also a single ideology, and, like all such templates, it has its limits. what works in a legislature might not work in a corporation.

Your little choices become habits that affect the bigger decisions you make in life.

It’s your own personal statement of who you want to become, based on how you wish to be remembered.

knowing deep inside some ghosts are too cruel to question

When you get caught up on other peoples' problems, solve them with caution so you don't suffer the excessive burdens of regrets.

I think we definitely want to focus on the simplicity aspect because it's something that's built into the culture even here at Twitter. Constraints inspire creativity.

It just happens to be that people like to associate poetry and rap music. I think that idea is kind of corny.

A reward once given becomes a right.

I used to think that if I made $50,000 I'd be the happiest guy in the world.

The need to find meaning...is as real as the need for trust and for love, for relations with other human beings.

I think that to a great degree, reggae companies have become very corporate and so maybe some don't have that freedom to say whatever they want to say.