Each profession has its own toolkit.

In the longer run and for wide-reaching issues, more creative solutions tend to come from imaginative interdisciplinary collaboration.

It amazes me how people are often more willing to act based on little or no data than to use data that is a challenge to assemble.

The ability to focus attention on important things is a defining characteristic of intelligence.

Some of the best theorizing comes after collecting data because then you become aware of another reality.

Money management has been a profession involving a lot of fakery - people saying they can beat the market, and they really can't.

Economics is (now) about emotion and psychology.

I am worried that the collapse of home prices might turn out to be the most severe since the Great Depression.

Consider our difficulties avoiding junk food and overspending. Such addictions were carefully planned-for by professional marketing teams.

Somehow, talking to young students brings you back to reality - it should, anyway.

Liberalism downplays certain of our moral senses: loyalty, authority, and sanctity.

The spirit of Christ is the spirit of missions. The nearer we get to Him, the more intensely missionary we become.

Work to live up to your dreams and fantasies

Life is not profound without its own tragedy. It humbles us. Sets the bar for our introspection. Keeps us from believing we are gods. Puts our egos in check.

I have been called a nun with a switchblade where my privacy is concerned. I think there's a point where one says, that's for family, that's for me.

When critics sit in judgment it is hard to tell where justice leaves off and vengeance begins.

This was the price you paid for sleeping together. This was the end of the trap. This was what people got for loving each other.

Observed duties maintain our credit; but secret duties maintain our life.

Iran is five to 10 years away from having a nuclear weapon. We have time to try diplomacy.

Kings need the world, but the world does not need the kings! Let them disappear like the horrible ghosts of the nightmares!

Enterprise is hard work. You have to integrate the client with the optimized systems of all the servers and software.