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If you are not happy with yourself, even the loftiest achievements won't bring you much satisfaction.

Ben Bernanke

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I am very proud of my nerd-dom.

Over the years, the U.S. economy has shown a remarkable ability to absorb shocks of all kinds, to recover, and to continue to grow.

It's the price of success: people start to think you're omnipotent.

Life is amazingly unpredictable any 22-year-old who thinks they know where they will be in 10 years, much less in 30, is simply lacking imagination.

Speaking as somebody who has been happily married for 35 years, I can't imagine any choice more consequential for a lifelong journey than the choice of a traveling companion.

Economics is a very difficult subject. I've compared it to trying to learn how to repair a car when the engine is running.

I don't see much evidence of an equity bubble.

We do not expect significant spillovers from the subprime market to the rest of the economy or to the financial system.

Among the largest banks, the capital ratios remain good and I don’t expect any serious problems . . . . among the large, internationally active banks that make up a very substantial part of our banking system.

I assure this committee that, if I am confirmed, I will be strictly independent of all political influences... essential to that institution's ability to function effectively and achieve its mandated objectives.

Nobody really understands gold prices and I don't pretend to understand them either.

One might as well try to perform brain surgery with a sledgehammer.

The Federal Reserve will not monetize the debt.

The more guidance a central bank can provide the public about how policy is likely to evolve the greater the chance that market participants will make appropriate inferences.

Education - lifelong education for everyone - from toddlers to workers well advanced in their careers - is indeed an excellent investment for individuals and society as a whole.