A century ago, petroleum - what we call oil - was just an obscure commodity; today it is almost as vital to human existence as water.

If good history is dispassionate history, it must naturally wait until the passions of the period subside.

By pouring money and goods into devastated regions, foreign aid workers sometimes compound the disruption and debauch the survivors.

Saudi Arabia is a puritanical state that claims a monopoly of wisdom and virtue.

Financial crises are like fireworks: they illuminate the sky even as they go pop.

Since the attack on the United States on September 11 2001, and the US retaliation in Afghanistan and Iraq, there must be few people who have not felt a twinge of nostalgia for the cold war.

Economists, like royal children, are not punished for their errors.

Losing your capital is like losing your trousers. It is a real humiliation, and one not to be soon repeated.

Is there any purpose to translating poetry? A poem does not contain information of importance, like a signpost or a warning notice.

Because bankers measure their self-worth in money, and pay themselves a lot of it, they think they're fine fellows and don't need to explain themselves.

Profits in business always depend on the rate of interest: the higher the interest, the higher the rate of profit required.

The irony is that there is nothing purer than sorrow.

God of mighty powers.God of great deeds.

Nobody has ever looked at me the way he’s looking at me at this moment. Like I’m his possession. Like if anyone else were to touch me, he’d break both their legs and an arm for good measure.

A woman is like a tea bag: you never know her strength until you drop her in hot water.

You can't lose what you serve. That's the secret. What you serve, you can't lose. What you don't serve and what you try to hold onto, you can't hold onto. It's always slipping out of your fingers.

What a blessed truth to understand that, in the middle of all of our difficulties and calamities, we have a refuge.

Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.

Financially, I do not need to work unless I want to, and whatever film I accept has to be right for me in the sense that it should justify the time I spend away from my husband and kids.

Certain realities in life are only seen through eyes that are cleansed through our tears. Let us learn how to weep

Yeah? For what paper?