In politics, as in poetry, it is sometimes true that it is darkest before dawn.

Where countries have been able to carry through on their reform commitments - as in Korea, Thailand and the Philippines - results are starting to come in the form of lower interest rates, new investment and increased growth.

I promise you that there are a lot of people involved in various kinds of retail activities who think they have a crucial role in the economy, and they're right.

A good rule of thumb for many things in life holds that things take longer to happen than you think they will, and then happen faster than you thought they could.

In the history of the world, no one has ever washed a rented car.

The idea that we should be open to all ideas is very different from the supposition that all ideas are equally valid.

There are idiots. Look around.