Oil prices have certainly become a threat for the world economy.

We believe that the Federal Reserve has to carry on with a progressive increase in interest rates as a consequence of the American economy.

There is not an alternative to the US as the engine for growth.

I mean, the world has already done a big, big effort to forget debt to countries heavily indebted and with low income. And that has given good chances to countries to get out of poverty.

We would certainly encourage the Italian government to put forward an ambitious agenda of reform.

Masood Ahmed brings to the position of director of external relations extensive experience gained in a range of senior positions in international finance and development.

To try to correct imbalances with trade restrictions is a grave error.

So the American economy needs the world, and the world needs the American economy.

We also need a fund that can say 'no'.

We have believed for many years, much earlier than anyone else was talking about this issue, that it was in the interest of China to evolve to a more flexible exchange rate system.

I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that.

A law of survival, Ragle had said. Those who refused to respond to the new stimulus would perish. Adapt or perish . . . version of a timeless rule.

The hardest part about moving on is — not looking back.

He'd missed matching wits with her. "Shall we duel with our lips?" "You may find yourself eating grass for breakfast.

In books, as in life, there are no second chances. On second thought: it's the next work, still to be written, that offers the second chance.

There are no inferior types of fiction, only inferior practitioners of them.

It really is considered one of the blessings of previous mates which you could manage being silly with them.

The problem of the female body is not something that I've studied, but my memoir does treat that theme.

If given the choice between Righteousness and Peace, I choose Righteousness.

I don't really like listening to the radio so much.