Quotes By Fareed Zakaria

The American consumer, even today, the weight of the American consumer in the global economy is China plus India doubled. So, it's tough to replace that.

Alaska itself is an unusual state.

In a world awash in debt, power shifts to creditors.

The technological revolution at home makes it much easier for computers to do our work.

The situation in Syria is quite different from Libya.

If there is one lesson for U.S. foreign policy from the past 10 years, it is surely that military intervention can seem simple but is in fact a complex affair with the potential for unintended consequences.

I'd be kidding if I said that I predicted the financial collapse.

The tallest building in the world is now in Dubai, the biggest factory in the world is in China, the largest oil refinery is in India, the largest investment fund in the world is in Abu Dhabi, the largest Ferris wheel in the world is in Singapore.

I am an American, not by accident of birth but by choice. I voted with my feet and became an American because I love this country and think it is exceptional.

The Berlin Wall wasn't the only barrier to fall after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. Traditional barriers to the flow of money, trade, people and ideas also fell.

But as the arms-control scholar Thomas Schelling once noted, two things are very expensive in international life: promises when they succeed and threats when they fail.

It's not possible for two countries to be the leading dominant political power at the same time.

CNN is getting smarter, and you can feel it in the stories, you can feel it in the depth with which they're covered, the kinds of people in terms of guests who are brought on air, the way in which issues are discussed.

America's growth historically has been fueled mostly by investment, education, productivity, innovation and immigration. The one thing that doesn't seem to have anything to do with America's growth rate is a brutal work schedule.

My friends all say I'm going to be Secretary of State. But I don't see how that would be much different from the job I have now.

I think that liberals need to grow up.

The Web forces me to be disciplined and not to waste time - but before the Web was invented, there were plenty of opportunities to do that anyway.

Conservatives used to believe in confronting hard truths, not succumbing to comforting fairy tales. Some still do.

The great drama of Russian history has been between its state and society. Put simply, Russia has always had too much state and not enough society.

The American dream seems to be thriving in Europe not at home.

The one show that I will continue to be a guest on is 'The Daily Show' with Jon Stewart, if he'll have me. It's not competitive with CNN and it's too much fun.

What happens in the media is the cult of personality. The brands who have been forced to cut their staff have been forced to take on the brands of journalists.

One of the things that has been very difficult in Libya is the sense of uncertainty - the sense that they haven't actually finished the revolution, that there was still a great deal of uncertainty. That uncertainty has made Libya harder for business in terms of oil and other things as well.

I grew up in this world where everything seemed possible.

Whenever societies do well, they believe that there is something in their cultural DNA that made it happen.

Things happening around the world are affecting you and me.

Street protests in Saudi Arabia might warm our hearts, but they could easily lead to $250 a barrel oil and a global recession.

The United States is going to be a rich country, it is going to be prosperous, but it is not going to be able to take the lead in the next phase of global economic development.

Culture follows power.

I enjoy writing but I much prefer the experience of having written.