Ben Bernanke Quotes
Of course, a decision to take no action at a particular meeting does not preclude action at subsequent meetings.
Quotes to Explore
-
Where are the gains for religious freedom and human rights to justify all the bombings, invasions and wars we have conducted in the lands from Libya to Pakistan - to justify the losses we have endured and the death and suffering we have inflicted?
-
The Constitution isn't written in Chinese, Swahili or Sanskrit. It's in plain English.
-
To me, presentations are the most powerful device. You can't really name a movement that didn't start with the spoken word.
-
For me, it is very important to control a situation in defence. You can always score goals, but you have to add stability in the defence.
-
The loss of life will be irreplaceable.
-
If I had my way, I wouldn't be sharing my personal life online. I'm a private person. At home, I don't wander around shirtless, flexing my muscles. I roam around unshaven, with my hair disheveled. Unfortunately, people perceive you differently. It's okay; they're free to speculate.
-
I don't know in the world why anyone would consent to be a king, and never to be left to himself, but to be worried and wearied and interfered with from dark to daybreak and from morning to the fall of night.
-
A well-made salad must have a certain uniformity; it should make perfect sense for those ingredients to share a bowl.
-
Is truth always positive? Of course. Once the truth comes out, you know, it's all right. We're scared that if the truth comes out that it's not all right. It's the other way around.
-
Ill give you a definite maybe.
-
When people don't understand my work, I don't feel like explaining.
-
Of all Iraq's rocket scientists, none drew warier scrutiny abroad than Modher Sadeq-Saba Tamimi.
-
You see, some lawyers have the talent, have the charisma, but no discipline. They come into court unprepared, without having done their research.
-
We all want more information available when making health care decisions for ourselves and our families.
-
Don't be afraid to convince yourself that your business is incredible, but don't expect others to be convinced without solid data to back it up. Ideas can be a worth a lot, but they are usually not. Execution is everything.
-
I've always been interested in the camera and the effects of it - that's what drew me to film in the first place.
-
We should teach the students, as well as executives, how to conduct experiments, how to examine data, and how to use these tools to make better decisions.
-
I never consider what I do as work. It has been fun. It's been rewarding and very fulfilling.
-
How can you hope to win against goddamn time travelers? It's like playing blackjack when the dealer is God. … Come to think of it, all of life is a blackjack game with God as the dealer, isn't it? So this is no worse.
-
The most reckless sinner against his own conscience has always in the background the consolation that he will go on in this course only this time, or only so long, but that at such a time he will amend. We may be assured that we do not stand clear with our own consciences so long as we determine or project, or even hold it possible, at some future time to alter our course of action.
-
Decisiveness is a characteristic of high-performing men and women. Almost any decision is better than no decision at all.
-
The most important rules that I ever adopted to help me in achieving my goals were those I learned from a very successful man who taught me to first write down the goal, and then to never leave the site of setting a goal without first taking some form of positive action toward its attainment.
-
Of course, a decision to take no action at a particular meeting does not preclude action at subsequent meetings.
