People aren't looking at how they're doing, but rather at how their neighbors are doing and at their own place in society.

Today, chess programs have become so good that even grandmasters sometimes struggle to understand the logic behind some of their moves.

I think that a lot of the money - these big bills - is used to facilitate tax evasion and crime.

I don't think it's time yet to eliminate cash, but I propose having a less-cash society, not a cashless one.

It's quite astonishing how much money people make in the hedge fund business and in the private equity field, and how well-off affluent families really are.

Cash is very easy to hide. It's easy to hoard. It's easy to move, especially these large bills.

I tell my children that a man like Bill Gates has a personal fortune of $100 billion. They can't even comprehend that. Then I explain that he has more money than some countries.

Unbridled capitalism will lead to some very real problems.

The assertion that everyone benefits simultaneously from free trade is simply incorrect.

We're not just going to see mid-sized banks go under in the next few months, we're going to see a whopper.

Global markets have a much bigger effect on prices and wages in the U.S. and elsewhere than they did before.

People lose a lot of time being afraid... People lose a lot of time in hating others, and there's no fun in it at all.

Taste as you go. When you taste the food throughout the cooking process you can make adjustments as you go.

There are so many men and women who hold no distinctive positions but whose contribution towards the development of society has been enormous.

Speak softly and carry a big stick you will go far.

We've had 60 years of intellectual development in Iran. How can we have the same system? Even theories of secularism are constantly being revised and changed.

things cannot be expected to turn up of themselves. We must in a measure assist to turn them up

Sometimes, whether a desire is excessive or negative depends on the circumstances or society in which you live in.

Fishes and tales And a fisherman's daughter Walks in the rain, She walks to the water To the sea.

...I've just been feeling insecure since I was 20, and that's all I've been trying to express. Now the entire world is feeling insecure.

Be risky at work. Be safe with your investments.