"The consequences of a collapse would not be pretty. Whichever country precipitated it - Germany by threatening to abandon the euro, or Greece or Spain by actually doing so - would trigger economic chaos and incur its neighbours' wrath."

"Why was there so much work-sharing in the 1930s? One reason is that government pushed for it. In his memoirs, President Herbert Hoover estimated that as many as two million workers avoided unemployment as a result of his efforts to promote work-sharing."

"Across the continent, political divisions are deepening. For all of these reasons, the specter of a euro zone collapse has not been dispatched."

"Southern Europe has not done enough to enhance its competitiveness, while northern Europe has not done enough to boost demand. Debt burdens remain crushing, and Europe's economy remains unable to grow."

"Any young man who is unmarried at the age of twenty one is a menace to the community."

"To admit you want to have a comeback means you have to admit you weren't what you were supposed to be. You dropped below your own standard."

"There has to be innate circuitry that does the learning, that creates the culture, that acquires the culture, and that responds to socialization."

"I have two sisters, and we are the best of friends."