In the real world of research, conventional tests of [statistical] significance seem almost worthless.

In the end, a theory is accepted not because it is confirmed by conventional empirical tests, but because researchers persuade one another that the theory is correct and relevant.

Markets look a lot less efficient from the banks of the Hudsonthan the banks of the Charles.

One of the things I like about doing science, the thing that is the most fun, is coming up with something that seems ridiculous when you first hear it but finally seems obvious when you're finished.

More it hurt more better it is. Can't nothing heal without pain, you know.

We always need a sound reason to move on, and we always pretend to have it.

Too often I would hear men boast of the miles covered that day, rarely of what they had seen.

If you're going to be a sinner, be the best sinner on the block.

Pretty girls behave best when you ignore them. Of course, they have to know you are ignoring them, for otherwise they may not even know you exist.

You never expected justice from a company, did you? They have neither a soul to lose, nor a body to kick.

If I thought someone was just chatting me up because of being on TV, it'd kill me.

The missing link between animals and a truly humane mankind is man himself, who does not yet see himself as a part of the world, claiming it instead for himself.

I can guarantee you nothing I do is a conscious attempt to inject something in.

A green jobs bill would include both job creation and job training.