"I only have two things in my life, my family and work. If there’s any time left over, then I play sports." ― Mark Zandi Topic(s): Work More From Mark Zandi "We’re getting job creation in healthcare and educational services. We’ve been getting that all along. It’s demographically driven, it’s funded by the government, and that’s held up." "A housing renaissance has begun. This may be hard to believe after the dizzying, six-year-long crash in home sales, construction and house prices. But housing turned the corner last year, and it will take off in 2013." "Distressed properties are often vacant and in disrepair, and thus sold at significant discounts. As the share of distressed sales grows, home prices fall." More In Work "I would absolutely, definitely never sell my wedding pictures to a magazine. I’d like it to be a special day, not a photo shoot. And once you’ve done that, your marriage becomes everybody else’s business."― Katherine Jenkins "The quickest way to become troubled is to be concerned with what people are gonna say about your life and your work."― Ahmad Jamal "Koons’s work has always stood apart for its one-at-a-time perfection, epic theatricality, a corrupted, almost sick drive for purification, and an obsession with traditional artistic values."― Jerry Saltz