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

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.

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.

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.

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.

As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off our responsibility upon the shoulders of God or nature. We must shoulder it ourselves. It is our responsibility.

There is a difference between civil partnerships and marriage. That difference does not mean one is better than another.

If America is truly Israels greatest ally, we should not be asking it to put its citizens and future at risk by forcing the establishment of a hostile Palestinian state as the only option.

I'm afraid of death... Yes, but that doesn't stop death coming.

Dance must have a precision without fault.

Sadly, the truth is, there aren't many people who can be put in high positions who won't start thinking highly of themselves.

My favorite book is my next one. I’m always hoping to make my next book my best one.

I love women's fashion, but women don't need me as much as men do. It's the men who have nothing to wear.

I was always very shy but as I get older I think, What am I being shy for? You just grow weary of your own hang-ups.

I don't like to use the word sacrifice.