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

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.

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.

Man himself is helpless to detach himself from the gnawing guilt of a heart weighed down with the guilt of sin. But where man has failed, God has succeeded.

There is not shortage of fault to be found amidst our stars.

The counselee should be aware that you are not God. Better yet, she should be aware that you are aware that you are not God.

But she's a redhead, so she's probably evil, even at her tender age.""I thought you liked redheads.""I do. What's your point?

Faith is a gift of God.

I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in the morning.

Bury the hatchet, but leave the handle sticking out.

Love is not enough; intelligence is not enough; powerful strength is not enough. You may put everything on one side of the scale, but if you are missing gratitude, you shall lose.

Companies, to date, have often used the excuse that they are only beholden to their shareholders, but we need shareholders to think of themselves as stakeholders in the well being of society as well.

The combination of domesticity and wildness - that's a deep expression