Caesar recognized the omens, but he didn't believe they applied to him.

There's always the risk that there are unknown unknowns.

Almost everyone's instinct is to be overconfident and read way too much into a hot or cold streak.

We're not that much smarter than we used to be, even though we have much more information - and that means the real skill now is learning how to pick out the useful information from all this noise.

New ideas are sometimes found in the most granular details of a problem where few others bother to look.

We must become more comfortable with probability and uncertainty.

Success makes you less intimidated by things.

The quest for certainty in forecasting outcomes can be the enemy of progress.

When human judgment and big data intersect there are some funny things that happen

Data scientist is just a sexed up word for statistician.

On average, people should be more skeptical when they see numbers. They should be more willing to play around with the data themselves.

Do you wonder about eternal life?

Creativity is the ability to create novel value, creative mind is defined as the originator.

The age of reason may have had its golden age, but the age of emotion endures forever.

Be curious! Curiosity is the mother of all knowledge.

In the life of the spirit there is no ending that is not a beginning.

In Washington, DC, politics dominate even the most casual conversations.

We know you have a great mind and all, Mother, but you don’t have much sense.

Cooking Tip: Wrap turkey leftovers in aluminum foil and throw them out.

Winning is always fun, but the car is more important.

I wasn't really happy in school and didn't really have anything else going for me; I wasn't really good at anything. Drama was at least something I loved and was really passionate about.