It's a safe banking system, a sound banking system. Our regulators are on top of it. This is a very manageable situation.

I'm a straightforward person. I like to be direct with people.

I don't see (subprime mortgage market troubles) imposing a serious problem. I think it's going to be largely contained.

Our overriding goal in restructuring our financial architecture should be that taxpayers never again have to save a failing financial institution.

There's always light at the end of the tunnel, right? It just depends on how long the tunnel is.

I never once considered that it was appropriate to put taxpayer money on the line in resolving Lehman Brothers.

In just about every area of society, there's nothing more important than ethics.

Economic growth and environmental protection are not at odds. They're opposite sides of the same coin if you're looking at longer-term prosperity.

Every global concern - economic, environmental or security-related - can be addressed more effectively when the U.S. and China work together.

Regulation needs to catch up with innovation.

When you have a big, ugly problem, there's never going to be a neat, elegant solution that is totally painless or without a cost.

We are only underlings of fate if we choose to let the wills of others shape our lives." -Thomas Richards

There is an old illusion. It is called good and evil.

Men would be angels Angels would be gods.

This script was just so much smarter than usual and I'm just fascinated by human behavior.

This is what Christianity is. We believe the Old Testament, but ours is more like Federal Express. You have to obey laws.

There's always something to talk about.

One of our gravest concerns is the entry of a nuclear device or materials into the U.S.

You can't do everything. You can't do health and forestry and agriculture. You've got to focus and do one or the other.

Every intellectual product must be judged from the point of view of the age and the people in which it was produced.

I think some of the musicians are more like punk rock musicians. It's like an art as opposed to being a musician. It's definitely more radical psychedelic bands, more than anything.