The only important thing to realise about history is that it all took place in the last five minutes.

I cannot write long books; I leave that for those who have nothing to say.

In an autocracy, one person has his way; in an aristocracy, a few people have their way; in a democracy, no one has his way.

Society expresses its sympathy for the geniuses of the past to distract attention from the fact that it has no intention of being sympathetic to the geniuses of the present.

A narrow mind and a wide mouth usually go together.

The way to do research is to attack the facts at the point of greatest astonishment.

When someone says his conclusions are objective, he means that they are based on prejudices which many other people share.

Lack of clarity is always a sign of dishonesty.

One of the greatest superstitions of our time is the belief that it has none.

The human race has to be bad at psychology; if it were not, it would understand why it is bad at everything else.

The remarkable thing about the human mind is its range of limitations.

This is not the story of my marriage. I cannot tell that story: I cannot take hold of, or lay out for anyone, the many swamps and grasses and pockets of fresh air and dank air that have gone over us.

Truth grew in my mind like a fungus, and though I tried to sleep it out, there was no resisting the epiphanies.

Are there rules about betting on baseball games? Yeah--you have to stay away from the Padres.

Investors that do the best, and have done the best, are those that stay and compound at above-average rates over the long term.

One of my philosophies as a director is to listen to other people's great ideas because they'll help make you better.

I'm completely in charge of my own life now. Sometimes there's no one there to slap me on the hand and say: 'Stop being so bullish and bossy,' and things like that.

The average woman would rather have beauty than brains, because the average man can see better than he can think.

I can sing, but it takes an incredible amount of work for me to sound acceptable.

How very beautiful and consoling our faith is! For the little work we do here on earth it promises in return all the joys of assured happiness.

I have an obsession with just watching people and what they're into.