My heartfelt advice to you is to work as hard on expanding your EQ as you have on harnessing your IQ.

Remarks at the conference "México: How to Tap Progress", Houston, Texas, November 2, 2012 ; "The progress that Mexico has made is truly remarkable and, I believe, a source of inspiration for both the U.S. and Europe as they contemplate the challenges ahead."

Remarks before the State of the West Symposium, Stanford, California, November 15, 2012 ; "Yes, Texas has a low propensity of social services, and employment growth should not be the only criterion for evaluating a state's performance. But we must remember that economic growth is the foundation...

Excerpts from Richard Fisher's remarks before the Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce, Gainesville, Texas, December 18, 2012>

Remarks at the 2013 National Association for Business Economics Conference, Houston, TX, May 16, 2013 ; "I have advocated that we should begin to reef in the sails, beginning with our MBS purchase program. In my view, the housing market is on a self-sustaining path and does not need the same...

Remarks before the C.D. Howe Institute Directors' Dinner, Toronto, June 4, 2013 ; "My staff and I think there is a better-than-even chance that the present GDP growth consensus forecast of 2.4 percent by professional economists may be underestimating the underlying pace of growth."

Remarks before the Committee for the Republic, Washington, D.C., January 16, 2013 ; "The Dallas Fed’s proposal offers an 'about-turn' and a way to mend the flaws in Dodd–Frank.... In a nutshell, we recommend that TBTF financial institutions be restructured into multiple business entities....

Remarks before Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, New York, N.Y., February 27, 2013 ; "The bottom line is that rather than achieve the intended theoretical effect, I believe the policy of super-abundant money at costs deviating substantially from normal equilibrium...

Remarks before the Harvard Club of New York City, New York, N.Y., September 19, 2012 ; "One of the most important lessons learned during the economic recovery is that there is a limit to what monetary policy alone can achieve. The responsibility for stimulating economic growth must be shared...