Greenspan, who knew so much more than most, knew far less than most supposed.

...our market system depends critically on trust-trust in the word of our colleagues and trust in the word of those with whom we do business.

It has been my experience that competency in mathematics, both in numerical manipulations and in understanding its conceptual foundations, enhances a person's ability to handle the more ambiguous and qualitative relationships that dominate our day-to-day financial decision-making

I was a fairly good amateur musician, and I was an average professional. But the one thing I saw was that the big band business was fading.

It is decidedly not true that "nice guys finish last," as that highly original American baseball philosopher, Leo Durocher, was alleged to have said.

If we allow terrorism to undermine our freedom of action, we could reverse at least part of the palpable gains achieved by postwar globalization. It is incumbent upon us not to allow that to happen.

Revolutions are something you see only in retrospect.