The economist John Maynard Keynes said that in the long run, we are all dead. If he were around today he might say that, in the long run, we are all on Social Security and Medicare.

Nobody likes to fail but failure is an essential part of life and of learning. If your uniform isn't dirty, you haven't been in the game.

It must be awfully frustrating to get a small raise at work and then have it all eaten by a higher cost of commuting.

The U.S. government has a technology, called a printing press (or, today, its electronic equivalent), that allows it to produce as many U.S. dollars as it wishes at essentially no cost.

The financial crisis appears to be mostly behind us, and the economy seems to have stabilized and is expanding again.

Monetary policy is not a panacea.

Monetary policy cannot do much about long-run growth, all we can try to do is to try to smooth out periods where the economy is depressed because of lack of demand

If you want to understand geology, study earthquakes. If you want to understand the economy, study the Depression.

Economics is a very difficult subject. I've compared it to trying to learn how to repair a car when the engine is running.

Economics is a highly sophisticated field of thought that is superb at explaining to policymakers precisely why the choices they made in the past were wrong. About the future, not so much.

If you are not happy with yourself, even the loftiest achievements won't bring you much satisfaction.

It is brave to be involved.

It is terrible how much has been forgotten, which is why, I suppose, remembering seems a holy thing.

Most of our difficulties come from losing contact with our instincts, with the age-old forgotten wisdom stored up in us.

One foot in front of the other, counting tiles on the floor so I don't have to focus the blur of painted smiles, fake faces.

Color is something we see with our eyes, but love is something we see with our heart.

A Little Birdie Told Me It's Your Birthday! So Enjoy Your Special Day!

When questioned whether the Blessed will not be saddened by seeing their nearest and dearest tortured answers, "Not in the least."

I believe it doesn't really matter where you work as long as you work. Keep sharpening your teeth.

Rock & roll is dying because people became OK with Nickelback being the biggest band in the world.

Microsoft is a big intellectual roach motel. All the big minds go in, and they don't come out.