Christine Lagarde Quotes
Unless we take action on climate change, future generations will be roasted, toasted, fried and grilled.
To me, leadership is about encouraging people. It’s about stimulating them. It’s about enabling them to achieve what they can achieve - and to do that with a purpose.
Think about it. Women control 70 percent of global consumer spending . . . when women do better, economies do better.
All stakeholders must participate in the gains and losses of any particular situation.
If Lehman Brothers had been a bit more Lehman Sisters ... we would not have had the degree of tragedy that we had as a result of what happened.
I learned that you can constantly improve, and that you should not be shy about your views, and about the direction that you believe is right.
If inflation is the genie, then deflation is the ogre that must be fought decisively.
The financial industry is a service industry. It should serve others before it serves itself.
Social unrest and protectionism are the two major risks of the world economic crisis.
We cannot just look at a country by looking at charts, graphs, and modelling the economy. Behind the numbers there are people.
I think I have a male side about me and you have a female side about you. It's a question of repressing or not.
I look under the skin of countries' economies, and I help them make better decisions and be stronger, to prosper and create employment.
I guess economists, it's a bit like scientists, you have definitely fewer women in that field.
It's become my brand in a way you know, speaking the truth even though it was not politically correct.
When my father passed away and then when later on I gave birth, those are sort of ground-breaking experiences that put everything else into perspective.
We would not be enjoying those cellphones and those tablets at the price where they are had it not been for globalization, both in terms of trade and in terms of constant technological innovation.
Massive progress has been made in the last five years. More progress has to be made in terms of fiscal union and banking union.
France would be reluctant to embrace any proposal by the European Commission to slash agricultural tariffs if it threatened the European Union's Common Agriculture Policy .
Of course, trade agreements can be beneficial, but of course they need to avoid infringing on certain areas and respect diversity.
Countries like Canada, Korea, China, Germany can and should use fiscal space. Some of them are doing it, not all.
I'm very much a believer that it's action that matters much more so than, you know, the flurry of political promises and statements and slogans that are used during political campaigns.
The Egyptian society needs to include its women if it wants to have economic prosperity.
There are goods that are outside trade and in the public domain and that should be reserved and protected.
Regulation is necessary, particularly in a sector, like the banking sector, which exposes countries and people to a risk.
When in one area of the world the standard of living and the size of the middle class increases, it is going to have an effect elsewhere in the world as well.
The difficulty that negotiators have is often based on the cultural difference that various countries have.
Tackling climate change is a collective endeavour, it means collective accountability and it's not too late
Before a negotiation can proceed and be completed, what is outside the scope of negotiation needs to be agreed.
We need to put our good research, our good work, our principles into actionable items whenever we can.
To me, leadership is about encouraging people. It's about stimulating them. It's about enabling them to achieve what they can achieve - and to do that with a purpose.