The only thing history teaches us, a wise man once said, is that history doesn’t teach us anything.

Baseball is this intense subculture that actually doesn't speak very much for the larger culture.

The pleasure of rooting for Goliath is that you can expect to win. The pleasure of rooting for David is that, while you don’t know what to expect, you stand at least a chance of being inspired.

As idiotic as optimism can sometimes seem, it has a weird habit of paying off.

When you're trying to create a career as a writer, a little delusional thinking goes a long way.

In Japan, mothers insist on achievement and accomplishment as a sign of love and respect. Thus to fail places children in a highly shamed situation.

A banking system is an act of faith: it survives only for as long as people believe it will.

Above all, recognize that if you have had success, you have also had luck — and with luck comes obligation. You owe a debt, and not just to your Gods. You owe a debt to the unlucky.

A credit default swap was confusing mainly because it wasn't really a swap at all. It was an insurance policy, typically on a corporate bond, with semiannual premium payments and a fixed term.

One absolutely cannot tell, by watching, the difference between a .300 hitter and a .275 hitter. The difference is one hit every two weeks.

People don't like uncertainty, and their minds are tools for making sense of the world, even when the world is senseless.

No religion except ours has taught that man is born in sin none of the philosophical sects has admitted it none therefore has spoken the truth

The way she says kiss, it sounds different. Like she invented the word specifically for the song.

The first time I ever saw him play, Tre Cool was wearing a tutu and an old-womans swimming cap.

I think Superman should go on the Larry King show and announce that he would come back to life if people in all 50 states wanted him to.

What if the world is holding its breath - waiting for you to take the place that only you can fill?

Lasting change happens when people see for themselves that a different way of life is more fulfilling than their present one.

I am brave, though I am alone.

Some people take better care of their pets than they do themselves. Their animals can run like the wind and they can barely make it up a flight of stairs.

A Warrior knows that a great dream is made up of many different things, just as the light from the sun is the sum of its millions of rays.

Don't worry about mistakes. Making things out of mistakes, that's creativity.