President Obama's reelection started the countdown for…

Let's push the Pentagon off the fiscal cliff.

— Cindy Sheehan

You have to separate what needs to be done to avoid the fiscal cliff and what needs to be done longer range. It's a…

— Sander Levin

It's going to be difficult to stimulate the real economy in the U.S. at a faster rate than 2 percent and perhaps even less…

— Bill Gross

If the fiscal cliff occurs, I don't think the Federal Reserve has the tools to offset that event.

— Ben Bernanke

The U.S. have printed money; they intend to tax the rich in order to avoid the fiscal cliff. These are things that sees anyone…

— Alexis Tsipras

I am specifically concerned about the idea that the legislative process is one that gets characterized the way it is as the 'fiscal cliff.'…

— Lloyd Blankfein

In my view, if you have one in 10 unemployed - something is wrong with the economy whether you call it recession or not.

— Amity Shlaes

When George Bush finally leaves the White House, the satire industry will briefly join the rest of the economy in recession. It will certainly…

— Rory Bremner

Washington's answer to a self-inflicted financial crisis reminded Americans why they so deeply distrust the political class. The 'fiscal cliff' process was secretive and…

— Ron Fournier

Even people on the liberal side are starting to worry about going off a fiscal cliff.

— Clint Eastwood

The 'fiscal cliff' is a ruse, an invention by the right and the rich, to try and keep their huge tax breaks.

— Michael Moore

We did the two-year extension of Bush tax cuts in 2010. We negotiated the Budget Control Act in August of 2011 and the fiscal…

— Mitch McConnell

Under current law, on January 1, 2013, there's going to be a massive fiscal cliff of large spending cuts and tax increases.

— Ben Bernanke

In 50 years, no one will care about the fiscal cliff or the Euro crisis. They'll just ask, "So the Arctic melted, and then…

— Bill McKibben

With a chip on his shoulder larger than his margin of victory, Barack Obama is approaching his second term by replicating the mistake of…

— George Will