Russia exists in the context of open global economy and is a part of it

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.

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

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.

We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.

Sometimes my own darkness scares me.

We are only allowed to livedue to some colossal misunderstanding.

The dead neither see nor ear.

Chefs, as a whole, say yes to any project, fundraiser, or tasting because they have such a generous spirit.

Iran can recruit hundreds of suicide bombers a day. Suicide is an invincible weapon. Suicide bombers in this land showed us the way, and they enlighten our future.

Rehabilitate the germs that cause bad breath.

Between our two lives there is also the life of the cherry blossom.

If you accept excuses from others, it's usually because you have accepted your own excuse.

Don't compromise your heart for something crass.