The Lord casts no one down in Hell, but the spirit casts himself hither.
I'm pro-trade, but I'm pro-sensible trade, not pro-trade that is to the disadvantage of the American worker.
We're in the business not so much of being contrarians deliberately, but rather we like to take perceived risk instead of actual risk. And what I mean by that is that you get paid for taking a risk that people think is risky, you particularly don't get paid for taking actual risk.
Banking, I would argue, is the most heavily regulated industry in the world. Regulations don't solve things. Supervision solves things.
What is worrisome about that is the U. S. standard of living. I think it is very difficult to envision our standard of living being preserved if we are in an economy where all people do is flip hamburgers, wait on people in stores, and sue each other. It’s not much of a basis for an economy.
Shale gas, if left to flourish, could create several hundred thousand more jobs.
You cannot just keep borrowing more and more and keep spending more and more without eventually having a day of reckoning.
Mistrust the man who finds everything good, the man who finds everything evil and still more the man who is indifferent to everything.
I think we can all recognize in some way or another that we as a human species, have been granted an incredible gift of intentionality and of consciousness. Perhaps this gift is a hint to how we should conduct our lives.
I thought the secret of life was obvious: be here now, love as if your whole life depended on it, find your life's work, and try to get hold of a giant panda.
Another world is possible!'. . . Another world is also necessary, for this one is unjust, unsustainable, and unsafe. It's up to us to envision, fight for, and create that world, a world of freedom, real justice, balance, and shared abundance, a world woven in a new design.