She was better with animals than people. Give her a sick cat or dog, she was golden. Not so much with her own species.

The automatic stabilizer is unemployment insurance, food stamps, additional coverage of Medicaid.

All genius is simple. It involves close observation and a momentous act of self trust.

Well, I think the best form would be to put money directly in the pockets of consumers.

And so we have to be careful with looking at additional stimulus that we don't provoke an increase in the bond rate and then offset a lot of the stimulus we've already got.

And so Fannie Mae produces very strong results for investors in - when interest rates are high and when interest rates are low, in recession and during booms.

And so the danger for the housing industry is if we see interest rates rise.

So from the housing standpoint, steady as you go, I think, would be the best medicine.

Well, we're just now seeing the reductions in mortgage rates. The mortgage rates are based on the ten-year rate and the Fed controls the overnight or the shorter rates.

Frankly, no newspaper is set up to monitor for cheats and fabricators.

I stepped on a land mine named Jayson Blair.

I wish I knew how to calibrate my kiss the way he did but passion allows us to hide more.

Listen, anybody who has a film festival has the right to show what they want.

The intelligent investor shouldn't ignore Mr. Market entirely. Instead, you should do business with him- but only to the extent that it serves your interests.

The big reason why I became an actor in the first place was to communicate. I never acted in high school...I was desperate to communicate.

Good shoes - they're the ultimate finishing touch. In fact, we actually joke in my family that your shoes have to be shined before you can leave the house.

From now on, depressions will be scientifically created.

What you say in advertising is more important than how you say it.

Do not measure your life by your goals but what you are doing to achieve them.

Lovely sweetness is the noblest power of woman, and is far fitter to prevail by parley than by battle.

Mapping out your own future in the form of images, phrases, and inspirational words that you are able to see every day will help reinforce your desires to attain what you set out to achieve.