589 Quotes by Alan Greenspan

Despite some of the risks that I have highlighted, the U.S. economy seems to be on a reasonably firm footing, and underlying inflation remains contained,

How significant and disruptive such adjustments turn out to be is an open question,

Anything that we can do to raise personal savings is very much in the interest of this country.

Most people are so traumatized that the thought of doing anything other than preserving cash is not first on their agenda, ... If you wait too long, you lose your window of opportunity, but there's no need to move forward before the August recess.

I cannot say we have made comments we can essentially deliver.

Diplomacy is really far less important than the stock movements within Russia.

modest, but it can be expected to be not negligible.

I do not deny that many appear to have succeeded in a material way by cutting corners and by manipulating associates, both in their professional and in their personal lives. But material success is possible in this world and far more satisfying when it comes without exploiting others.

I am saddened that it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows: the Iraq war is largely about oil.