Ben Bernanke Quotes

I'm... fairly optimistic today about the ability of the U.S. economy to absorb these body blows.

Ben Bernanke

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• Coffee and smoking are the last great addictions.

  

  Lara Flynn Boyle
  • Great
  • Coffee
  • Smoking

• People more than ever since I can remember are concerned about being out of step and out of line with their political party and won't cross over. There is nobody, man or woman, who wants to be left out, and people are fearful of that. People are fearful of their leadership as well.

  

  Gary Ackerman
  • People
  • Remember
  • Man

• I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.

  

  Eddie Izzard
  • People
  • Character
  • Comedy

• I've had an extraordinary life as a dancer. You tour the world, you see all the great capitals of the world, the beautiful old opera houses all over Europe - you go everywhere. As a teenager, I would always say, 'I can't believe this is happening to little me,' because it was always a dream to dance.

  

  Patricia McBride
  • Life
  • World
  • Great

• If there were only one truth, you couldn't paint a hundred canvases on the same theme.

  

  Pablo Picasso
  • Truth
  • You
  • Paint

• Temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.

  

  Washington Irving
  • Age
  • Never
  • Tongue

• It's interesting because I think class is a heavy, heavy part of 'Moonlight,' and I think, in a certain way, through the sum of all these parts, it's become a commentary on the black experience in America.

  

  Barry Jenkins
  • Experience
  • America
  • Black

• Some children are tackling tough times without the support that can help them because the adults in their life are scared to ask.

  

  Kate Middleton
  • Life
  • Children
  • Help

• We earned our dollars in a hard way;, nobody gave us a feast or gave it on a plate. We worked hard and we have innovated; we have made things in a better way at a cheaper rate and gave it to the people of India.

  

  Kallam Anji Reddy
  • People
  • Way
  • Better

• The only positive finding which could be drawn from the first series, was the conclusion that the relationships obviously had a more complicated lay-out than had been thought, for the effects were so varied that no obedience to any law could be discovered.

  

  Walter Rudolf Hess
  • Law
  • Positive
  • Thought

• There are certain things women are better at than men.

  

  Adam Carolla
  • Men
  • Women
  • Better

• I applaud anything that can take a kid away from a PlayStation or a Gameboy. That is a miracle in itself.

  

  Gary Oldman
  • Miracle
  • Kid
  • Take

• The power of forgiveness is huge; it is really big, and it can save this world.

  

  Immaculee Ilibagiza
  • World
  • Power
  • Forgiveness

• I am deeply aware of the dimension of luck. It's so important to be prepared to receive it, but it is a major factor. There's no question.

  

  J. Carter Brown
  • Important
  • Question
  • Luck

• Are your people uncomfortable during meetings and tired at the end? If not, they're probably not mixing it up enough and getting to the bottom of important issues.

  

  Patrick Lencioni
  • People
  • Up
  • Important

• The Romans had been able to post their laws on boards in public places, confidant that enough literate people existed to read them; far into the Middle Ages, even kings remained illiterate.

  

  J. M. Roberts
  • People
  • Enough
  • Kings

• It was cool to meet Cris Carter. That dude has some of the best hands to have played the game.

  

  Calvin Johnson
  • Game
  • Best
  • Cool

• Vinyl is the real deal. I've always felt like, until you buy the vinyl record, you don't really own the album. And it's not just me or a little pet thing or some kind of retro romantic thing from the past. It is still alive.

  

  Jack White The White Stripes
  • Real
  • Past
  • Romantic

• My colleagues and I would spend a lot of our own money on copy paper and pencils, and often we couldn't get the resources that would excite our students about learning.

  

  Charles Best
  • Money
  • Learning

• I've been going to Granada for many years and 12 years ago bought a house a few miles outside the city.

  

  Alexei Sayle
  • House
  • City

• Speaking personally, as a first-time female founder, I would not be where I am today without an incredible network of fellow founders who have shared their challenges, advice, and hacks with me.

  

  Caroline Ghosn
  • Time
  • Today
  • Advice

• Community of women is a condition which belongs entirely to bourgeois society and which today finds its complete expression in prostitution. But prostitution is based on private property and falls with it. Thus, communist society, instead of introducing community of women, in fact abolishes it.

  

  Friedrich Engels
  • Women
  • Today
  • Society

• Libraries are the future of reading. When the economy is down, we need to make it easier for people to buy and read books for free, not harder. It is stupid to sacrifice tomorrow’s book buyers for today’s dollars, especially when it’s obvious that the source in question doesn’t have any more dollars to give you.

  

  Courtney Milan
  • Future
  • Free
  • Books

• I'm... fairly optimistic today about the ability of the U.S. economy to absorb these body blows.

  

  Ben Bernanke
  • Today
  • Economy
  • Optimistic