In the 21st century, the countries that thrive will be the ones where citizens know their voices will be heard because the institutions are transparent.

Low and stable inflation in many countries is an important accomplishment that will continue to bring significant benefits.

Forever is a long time.

I just feel like every kid is growing up too fast and they're seeing too much. Everything is about sex, and that's fine for me. I'm not saying I don't like it. But I don't think it should be...

I never wore a watch. I always depend on public clocks, and stores have clocks, but that is strange.

You can't form a character without being completely comfortable with who you are as a person.

You must welcome change as the rule but not as your ruler.

I love what I do and I love the fans.

People complain that cities don't have fresh, sustainable food, but it's just not true.

Four times out of five the linesman gets a better view of the ball near him than the player himself.

I've written on football at the Guardian, American football, obviously. I've also written on weather at The Guardian.

Raising myself and caring for my brothers and sisters allowed me the benefit of a lot of information that I wouldn't have otherwise gotten. I had to be frugal, thoughtful, resourceful. I didn't have...

Our country may be likened to a new house. We lack many things, but we possess the most precious of all - liberty!

Often, American audiences are underestimated by producers and movie studios. They often think we're dumber than we are.

I'm a big card guy. I play Rook, Liverpool Rummy - love that. I play Pac-Man, shoot pool.

I've had a good career.

As I listened to the verdicts in the Casey Anthony case, acquitting her of the homicide of her baby girl, I relived what I felt back when court clerk Deirdre Robertson read the verdicts in the Simpson...

I didn't start drama school until I was 20, and I don't think I would have gotten nearly as much out of it had I gone when I was 18. I didn't show up there to please anyone. After I was accepted, I...

This is one hell of a business I picked to be in.

When we lift women up, our communities thrive.

What skills I lacked in, say, math or science, I like to think I made up for in my ability to read people and situations with great clarity. I therefore considered myself as a sort of valued...

Personally, I have nothing against work, particularly when performed, quietly and unobtrusively, by someone else. I just don't happen to think it's an appropriate subject for an 'ethic.'

We believe that according to the name 'investors' to institutions that trade actively is like calling someone who repeatedly engages in one-night stands a 'romantic.'

Britney would make a better prostitute than Christina. She's thicker.

Unemployment insurance is a pre-paid vacation for freeloaders.

I saved a girl from being attacked last night. I controlled myself.

If you think of feelings you have when you are awed by something - for example, knowing that elements in your body trace to exploded stars - I call that a spiritual reaction, speaking of awe and...

We live on this speck called Earth - think about what you might do, today or tomorrow - and make the most of it.

My friend asked me if I wanted a frozen banana. I said 'No, but I want a regular banana later, so... yeah.'

Barack knows the American Dream because he's lived it, and he wants everyone in this country to have that same opportunity, no matter who we are or where we're from or what we look like or who we...