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.

Legitimacy is the elixir of political power.

I certainly hadn't expected to walk away from today's trip with joint custody of a miniature dragon.

I live in cinema. I feel I've lived here forever.

It's nice when people approach you to help.

Treat everyone you meet as if they have infinite value because in God’s eyes they do

Whatever thing men call great, look for it in Joan of Arc, and there you will find it.

I think writers are excited by stupidity and bad behavior, generally.

We must not stand upon trifles.

People have a different idea of how movies are made than they really are.

When life kicks me, I kick it back.