The only thing useful banks have invented in 20 years is the ATM.

The standard of living of the average American has to decline.

I wish someone would give me one shred of neutral evidence that financial innovation has led to economic growth — one shred of evidence.

It was probably a mistake to allow gold to rise so high.

When people begin anticipating inflation, it doesn't do you any good anymore, because any benefit of inflation comes from the fact that you do better than you thought you were going to do.

When I hear complaints about less liquidity, remember there is such a thing as too much liquidity.

A global economy requires a global currency.

Double-digit inflation is a terrible thing - and it got up to 14 or 15 percent on a monthly basis for a while, shortly after I became chairman of the Fed.

I am suspicious of the idea of a new paradigm, to use that word, an entirely new structure of the economy.

It was the biggest inflation and the most sustained inflation that the United States had ever had.

If, at the end of the day, we need to raise taxes, we should raise taxes.

It was the moment I realized what music can do to people, how it can make you hurt and feel so good all at once.

The words ‘drink me’ come to mind. Anyone besides me up for some heavy alcohol consumption?

My little girls can break my heart. They can make me cry just looking at them eating their string beans.

We get brilliant results from average people managing brilliant processes - while our competitors get average or worse results from brilliant people managing broken processes

If he's alive, everything is in his power! Whose fault is it that he doesn't understand that?

All my authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

Every Christian is called to preach the gospel. We need to take the commission seriously.

I like to challenge myself and I like to try new things.

I love Westerns. I really love John Wayne. Frank Capra, any of his movies I love.

None love the messenger who brings bad news.