But as the arms-control scholar Thomas Schelling once noted, two things are very expensive in international life: promises when they succeed and threats when they fail.

The tallest building in the world is now in Dubai.

The Berlin Wall wasn't the only barrier to fall after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. Traditional barriers to the flow of money, trade, people and ideas also fell.

Street protests in Saudi Arabia might warm our hearts, but they could easily lead to $250 a barrel oil and a global recession.

Thanks to the Communist Party of China, we now know the path to poverty alleviation is Capitalism.

I am an American, not by accident of birth but by choice. I voted with my feet and became an American because I love this country and think it is exceptional.

It all looks American because America, the country that invented mass capitalism and consumerism, got there first. the impact of mass capitalism is now universal.

You know, when the cost of capital goes down, when credit becomes cheap, people start taking greater and greater risks.

In a world awash in debt, power shifts to creditors.

Democracy is also a single ideology, and, like all such templates, it has its limits. what works in a legislature might not work in a corporation.

Legitimacy is the elixir of political power.

I'm not classically trained, but I am flawed in a very fantastic way!

If you give me the ball, you'll never see it again. Because I'll knock it out of the f*****g park.

Wrestling... what men do during boys basketball season.

Everybody's got creativity. You just get more of it [when you meditate].

To speak but little becomes a woman; and she is best adorned who is in plain attire.

I believe that we can heal Rwanda - and our world - by healing one heart at a time.

don't let jesus in. AA is just one obsession replaced with another

The blues was so big in the late '60s that it kinda wore itself out, and people weren't diggin' the blues as much.

We see the light but see not whence it comes. O Light Invisible, we glorify Thee!

Saturday Night Live' was like a university for funny.