“The central issue of power in leadership is not Will it be used? But rather Will it be used wisely and well?”

The glorious thing for you always has consequences for others.

It is a badge of distinction, an emblem of success, without having to say too much about it.

The term power comes from the Latin posse- to do, to be able, to change, to influence or effect.

Part of the true luxury of “earned laziness” are the braggin rights that come along with being purposefully and publicly lazy.

It labels us, affords us kudos, and raises our profile in the “pecking order” of our fellow troglodytes. It says to others, “See, I’ve done so well that I can afford to do nothing at all whenever I so choose!

To have power is to possess the capacity to control or direct change. All forms of leadership must make use of power.

Since I’ve become a central banker, I’ve learned to mumble with great incoherence.

Although the outlook is clouded by a number of uncertainties, the central tendencies of the projections .. imply continued good economic performance in the United States.

The Mexicans return the detained Central American migrants by bus or by air to the countries they come from.

We as central bankers need not be concerned if a collapsing financial asset bubble does not threaten to impair the real economy, its production, jobs and price stability.

The law change during the Bush administration gave the Department of Health and Human Services a central role in relocating Central American minors in the United States.

The last duty of a central banker is to tell the public the truth.

The happiness that may emerge from taking a second look is central to Proust’s therapeutic conception. It reveals the extent to which our dissatisfactions may be the result of failing to look properly at our lives rather than the result of anything inherently deficient about them.

That he armed the Mujahideen, that he armed Saddam, that he armed Iran, that he armed two-thirds of the Axis of Evil, and that he funded terrorists in Central America. He was, in my mind, a terrible president.