This is what Donald Trump understands. This is the trade deficit. We run a trade deficit of close to $800 billion a year.

No one should be surprised just because somebody isn't successful 100 percent of the time.

Donald Trump is not a protectionist. If he imposes tariffs on China or any other country that cheats, all he wants to do is defend America against unfair trade practices.

My fellow economists and academics fail to understand the economics of trade in the real world. Traditional models of academia respect free trade without considering whether it is fair trade.

If money is the root of all evil, then China's manipulation of its currency, the yuan, is the tap root of everything wrong with the U.S.-China trade relationship.

I am not obsessing.I am just sitting hereperforating this post-itwith a push-pin.

The more you doubt your talent and strive to improve, the better the writer.

If you're a champion you have to have it in your heart.

I want to show you that you can leap tall buildings, walk through walls, and change reality.

Economic depression can not be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement.

When I left South Africa in 1960 I was 20 years old. I wanted to try to get an education, and music education was not available for me in South Africa.

In America, we like everyone to know about the good work we're doing anonymously.

News-hunters have great leisure, with little thought; much petty ambition to be considered intelligent, without any other pretension than being able to communicate what they have just learned.

Anger, resentment, envy, and self-pity are wasteful reactions. They greatly drain one's time. They sap energy better devoted to productive endeavors.

It [what you choose to do] has got to be something that you're passionate about because otherwise you won't have the perseverance to see it through.