There is no way to stabilize the markets other than through government intervention.

I'm a straightforward person. I like to be direct with people.

I don't see (subprime mortgage market troubles) imposing a serious problem. I think it's going to be largely contained.

It's a safe banking system, a sound banking system. Our regulators are on top of it. This is a very manageable situation.

Our overriding goal in restructuring our financial architecture should be that taxpayers never again have to save a failing financial institution.

There's always light at the end of the tunnel, right? It just depends on how long the tunnel is.

I never once considered that it was appropriate to put taxpayer money on the line in resolving Lehman Brothers.

In just about every area of society, there's nothing more important than ethics.

Economic growth and environmental protection are not at odds. They're opposite sides of the same coin if you're looking at longer-term prosperity.

Every global concern - economic, environmental or security-related - can be addressed more effectively when the U.S. and China work together.

Regulation needs to catch up with innovation.

And so the lion fell in love with the lamb." - Edward Cullen, Twilight

Writers had a way of redeeming everything that ever happens to them.

And malt does more than Milton can to justify God's ways to man.

The power of hope upon human exertion, and happiness, is wonderful.

Politics is still the No. 1 sport in town and the scoreboard shows the U.S. attorney's office leading.

My father only hit me once, but he used a Volvo.

I want love, because love is the best feeling in the whole world.

Finally, you had to measure yourself by other people - there really was nothing else. every now and then, quite unintentionally, someone taught you something about yourself.

People are like that, judging you before they know you.