We believe that the Federal Reserve has to carry on with a progressive increase in interest rates as a consequence of the American economy.

There is not an alternative to the US as the engine for growth.

I mean, the world has already done a big, big effort to forget debt to countries heavily indebted and with low income. And that has given good chances to countries to get out of poverty.

We would certainly encourage the Italian government to put forward an ambitious agenda of reform.

Masood Ahmed brings to the position of director of external relations extensive experience gained in a range of senior positions in international finance and development.

To try to correct imbalances with trade restrictions is a grave error.

So the American economy needs the world, and the world needs the American economy.

We also need a fund that can say 'no'.

We have believed for many years, much earlier than anyone else was talking about this issue, that it was in the interest of China to evolve to a more flexible exchange rate system.

Oil prices have certainly become a threat for the world economy.

The best day to pray is everyday.

Just as when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly.

Increase must become your natural desire

People are stupid, because of watching the same over and over and over and over - which goes as far as I can tell hell.

No verse is libre for the man who wants to do a good job.

I thought I would be a go-kart mechanic - not an F1 driver

I never play characters that are like me because I'm a boring person. I wouldn't want to see me in a movie.

People forget that there is a big difference between coercion and persuasion. The idea that evangelism is coercive is nonsense.

It is a luxury to be understood.

America was built on the can-do spirit and will continue to thrive on the can-do spirit.