To the extent that hiring in high-wage, developed economies continues to lag, the sustainability of any impetus to private consumption can be drawn into serious question.

If, as I suspect, the American consumer now enters a sustained slowdown, there will be unmistakable reverberations on U.S.-centric export flows in many major regions of the world.

The pendulum of economic power might well begin to shift from capital back to labor.

When you have the ability to dream, you have the capability to do.

For any question – regardless of its complexity – there is a clear andsimple answer.

I'm so grounded, it's sad.

Never think that Jesus commanded a trifle, nor dare to trifle with anything He has commanded.

The cultivation of the mind is a kind of food supplied for the soul of man.

I have still the best comforts of life - books and friendships - and I trust never to lose my relish for either.

Millionaire models are rare enough; but model millionaires are rarer still!

Love is great, love is fine. Out the box, out of line. The affliction of the feeling leaves me wanting more.

There are occasions that I love to be fashionable and enjoy, you know? But the work day of a mother doesn't include a hair making team or any consideration of your shoe.

Be what it is that you are seeking.