He's very easygoing and friendly, someone you would like immediately. He knows how to explain to the public what's going on without making it unintelligible.

To talk about [sales tax rates] independent of what we're currently facing is slightly unprofessional.

What Greenspan is proposing is far too little, far too late, and what he needs to do is not prod the politicians with a feather but with a cattle prod. He's actually doing more damage than good by suggesting we can get by with such minor adjustments.

[Committee chairman Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) set the easygoing tone early on.] I am sure Senator Cohen knows all the answers to the questions he will hear today; he has probably asked some of them in some hearings in the past, ... We may even get to hear excerpts of some of the speeches Senator Cohen made during his tenure in the Senate. I am sure he is looking forward to hearing those words again.

San Sebastian is a very friendly festival, ... a place where the distance between directors and the public disappears.

I'm such a happy, easygoing person.