It slightly worries me that when people find a problem, they rush to judgment of what to do.

Listening to others, especially those with whom we disagree, tests our own ideas and beliefs. It forces us to recognize, with humility, that we don't have a monopoly on the truth.

I think it is appropriate to ask whether this trend is compatible with values rooted in our nation's history, among them the high value Americans have traditionally placed on equality of opportunity.

In the long run, outsourcing is another form of trade that benefits the U.S. economy by giving us cheaper ways to do things.

Strapped by tight credit and plummeting sales, businesses have overhauled the way they manage supply chains, inventory, production practices, and staffing.

If it were possible to take interest rates into negative territory I would be voting for that.

To me, a wise and humane policy is occasionally to let inflation rise even when inflation is running above target.

The past few decades of widening inequality can be summed up as significant income and wealth gains for those at the very top and stagnant living standards for the majority.

Will capitalist economies operate at full employment in the absence of routine intervention? Certainly not.

Long-term unemployment can make any worker progressively less employable, even after the economy strengthens.

I'm just opposed to a pure inflation-only mandate in which the only thing a central bank cares about is inflation and not employment.

Every choice comes with a consequence. Once you make a choice, you must accept responsibility. You cannot escape the consequences of your choices, whether you like them or not.

There is no happiness like that of being loved by your fellow creatures, and feeling that your presence is an addition to their comfort.

If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?" "No", said the priest, "not if you did not know." "Then why, " asked the Eskimo earnestly, "did you tell me?

Am I the reason you breatheOr am I the reason you cry?

I don't care who scores the goals, I'm going to leave my human beingness on the field!

It's not about me, again, this fight is not my fight, it's not the fight of the government ; it's the fight of the country, of the Syrian people.

Why does the thin grey strand Floating up from the forgotten Cigarette between my fingers, Why does it trouble me?

Communism teaches and seeks two objectives: unrelenting class warfare and the complete eradication of private ownership.

I had a cat, though. I wanted to name the frogs, because I watched them grow, but there were too many.

We are each in the middle of our own path. We do not know what will be at the end of our story.