To try to correct imbalances with trade restrictions is a grave error.

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

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

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.

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.

You must really love this guy, huh? I mean, to be crying as ugly as you are?

Never see adversity as a disability, rather see it as a specia-ability. As an opportunity to believe, an opportunity to accomplish

Everyone's got a moment or two in their life where something happens and you make a decision and then your entire life changes.

Five hundred years from now, who'll know the difference?!

We know so little of the why, what the universe is, what infinity is. The veil around us is very fragile.

Success, failure, pain, small furry animals, household products, freeways, Star Wars systems - all are interlinked in the dance of tantra, the disco of the mind, the ballroom of cosmic consciousness.

The solution to our water problems is more rain.

I love America not for what she is, but for what she can become.

We're in a very Orwellian situation where when we - we've slashed defense. And we've raised taxes. And we consider $600 billion annual deficit success because it's not $1 trillion.

I don't ask myself what did I live for, said Carlene strongly. That is a man's question. I ask whom did I live for.