The principle that a central bank, charged with controlling inflation, should be independent from the government is unassailable. It may also be… — Janet Yellen Copy Share Image
Just as an individual's ability to delay gratification at a young age is a powerful predictor of future academic and professional achievement,… — Peter Blair Henry Copy Share Image
Every generation gets the Constitution that it deserves. As the central preoccupations of an era make their way into the legal system,… — Noah Feldman Copy Share Image
It means a lot to be back in New York. Particularly since one of the last senior event scheduled in the States… — John McEnroe Copy Share Image
The central dogma of the New Testament is that Jesus died as a scapegoat for the sin of Adam and the sins… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
There is a central flaw in contemporary culture and a corresponding and related inability to address it. Society seems somehow unable to… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
I was born in Abbott, Texas, a little small town in central Texas, and I was raised by my grandparents. And my… — Willie Nelson Copy Share Image
In the U.A.E. we were the least-regulated environment in the region, and over time we are seeing more and more regulation coming… — Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair Copy Share Image
The doctrine that everything is fine as long as the population is quiet, that applies in the Middle East, applies in Central… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Our constitutionally-based criminal justice system places a high value on protecting the innocent. Among its central tenets is the idea that it… — Robert Shapiro Copy Share Image
East and Gulf Coast states are at risk of hurricanes; prairie and other central and southern states are constantly threatened by tornados;… — Matt Cartwright Copy Share Image
With a foreign policy appropriately rooted in some sense of humanitarian decency, the Central African crisis will not be easily ignored by… — Michael Johns Copy Share Image
Life satisfaction essentially measures cheerful moods, so it is not entitled to a central place in any theory that aims to be… — Martin Seligman Copy Share Image
Making a movie where the central character is a horse was a challenge. Because I'm scared of riding. I was thrown as… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
In 2008, when Lehman Brothers collapsed, we anticipated that Europe was going to have a very different bailout scheme than the U.S.… — Lou Jiwei Copy Share Image
A few years ago, maybe it was more strange to be outside of the centers of fashion. Now, with the Internet and… — Dries van Noten Copy Share Image
Fernanda Andrade and Daphne Zuniga are two beautiful, inspiring women I met and became very close with while living in L.A. Daphne's… — Torrey DeVitto Copy Share Image
Two of the central ingredients to our family are food and faith, so sitting down together and thanking God for the food… — Phil Robertson Copy Share Image
While writing 'Half of a Yellow Sun,' I enjoyed playing with minor things: inventing a train station in a town that has… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
One reason I've never been a fan of graphic novels is because a central aspect of literature for me has always been… — Martin Filler Copy Share Image
I grew up in Florida in different cities. I was born in Mississippi. My parents moved a lot, so I moved to… — Diplo Copy Share Image
I always sort of swooned at the sight of the classic barn structures in central and northern Minnesota, where everything seemed rustic… — Richard Dean Anderson Copy Share Image
Joy comes from places you least expect it. Its usually the simple things, like watching my son play basketball or going through… — Dave Gahan Copy Share Image
The tools that a society uses to create and maintain itself are as central to human life as a hive is to… — Clay Shirky Copy Share Image
The original home of the Aryan race appears to have been somewhere among the mountains and lofty table-lands of Central Asia. The… — Bayard Taylor Copy Share Image
The central question is whether Medicare and Medicaid should remain entitlement programs guaranteeing a certain amount of care, as Democrats believe, or… — Christina Romer Copy Share Image
Electricity transmission operates on a frequency between 49.7 Hertz and 50.2 Hertz. What I have done is petitioned the Central Electricity Regulatory… — Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia Copy Share Image
There are lots of things that I will probably never experience in this life. Military combat. Being dictator of a small central… — Michael Arrington Copy Share Image
What government has been doing, we've got major programmes now, of billions of pounds, which are directed by central government into these… — John Prescott Copy Share Image
When I hear people flatteringly say, 'You're an expert on East Asia...' I'm certainly an observer of East Asia, and central Asia,… — Jenny Shipley Copy Share Image
Fall of the Berlin wall? Being there was fun. Nations that flaked off of the Soviet Union in southeastern Europe, Central Asia,… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I've read quite a few readers' reviews of my book on Amazon, saying, 'Ah, he criticises the free market, he advocates central… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
My world view is that it can all go to hell in an instant, and you have to be ready for it.… — David Morrell Copy Share Image
Personally, in my home, the district in central New York, the Air National Guard base, not 5 years ago, the commandant came… — Jim Walsh Copy Share Image
I don't seem to take vacations, but I must say, a jaunt into Central Park can be mighty transporting. My boy and… — Spencer Kayden Copy Share Image
Long regarded as central to the contemporary understanding of medical ethics are four principles that must be satisfied in order to fulfill… — Sherwin B. Nuland Copy Share Image
