Ben Bernanke Good Quotations

As an educator myself, I understand the profound effect that good teachers and a quality education have on the lives of our young people.

Well, optimism's a good thing. It - makes people go out and - you know, start businesses and spend and do whatever is necessary to get the economy going.

In many spheres of human endeavor, from science to business to education to economic policy, good decisions depend on good measurement.

Banks will have to win the confidence of their customers through fair dealing, making good loans, and remaining financially healthy.

Building a rainy-day fund during good times may not be politically popular, but it can pay off during the bad times.

Certainly, 9 percent unemployment and very slow growth is not a good situation.

Only a strong economy can create higher asset values and sustainably good returns for savers.

I think there's a good chance we'll dodge the bullet this time.

Those high oil prices are a burden on U.S. families, on firms' production costs. But the good news is that at least so far the U.S. economy has not been slowed by the high energy prices.

Congress had made clear that it has affirmed the principle of keeping banking and commerce separate. This loophole ... circumvents that principle. If Congress wants to revisit banking and commerce, that's their prerogative but it doesn't seem a good approach to allow a loophole in which that distinction breaks down.

Community banks are generally doing quite well, and I expect that good performance to continue. Neither bankers nor their supervisors should become complacent.