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

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

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.

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

No kind action ever stops with itself. One kind action leads to another.

If you had done something twice, you are likely to do it again.

I'm satisfied to go in at the bottom - that's the best way to learn what things are all about.

A man may truly live in his dreams, his noblest dreams, but only, only if he is worthy of those dreams.

We are all human, and all do wrong.

I don't have time to worry about them when they are not.

You don't have to have lots of love affairs to know what love is.

You go through publicists because it's easy for a publicist to say to another publicist, 'No'.

Under ordinary circumstances, bad art naturally gets sorted out and disappears. That is how history works when it is left alone to do its job.

As you talk, so is your heart.