A woman's income appeal is a bell-shaped curve: men do not want to date low-earning women, but once a woman starts earning too much, they seem to be scared off.

For emotion is the enemy of rational argument.

There are three basic flavours of incentive: economic, social and moral.

Is distinctive black culture the cause of economic disparity between whites and blacks or merely the reflection of it?

An expert whose argument reeks of restraint or nuance often doesn't get much attention.

When moral posturing is replaced by an honest assessment of the data, the result is often a new, surprising insight.

Conventional wisdom in Galbraith's view must be simple, convenient, comfortable and comforting - though not necessarily true.

Journalists need experts as badly as experts need journalists.

I'd rather die tomorrow than live a hundred years without knowing you.

If you are feeling constrained by a group that you belong to, ask yourself, “How can I participate in this community and still be who I am?

Video games are a waste of time for men with nothing else to do. Real brains don't do that.

I am only speaking of my own behalf.

I'm cooler than a polar bear's toenails... bend corners like I was a curve, I struck a nerve.

Parents are flawed human beings who are given a role that more approximates that of God than of mere mortals.

Amongst such as out of cunning hear all and talk little, be sure to talk less; or if you must talk, say little.

I am a perfectionist.

I love to read. But I loved to read a lot longer than I started to love writing.

I tried to look presentable for a show, but not for sexual attraction. It was strictly for show business.