Those who know don't tell and those who tell don't know.

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.

The only way to Cuba is with the CIA.

The eyes are the window of the soul.

Thanksgiving is a time of togetherness and gratitude.

There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist.

Your bitter memories still have time to turn into sweet ones.

Once you've spent two years trying to wiggle one toe, everything is in proportion.

If you want to have any success in politics, sing softly and carry a big guitar.

We need to continue to decrease the growth rate of the global population; the planet can't support many more people.

I still maintain that an ordinary human being has the right to be horrified by a mangled body seen on an afternoon walk.

The idea of abolishing Income Tax is to me highly attractive, both on other grounds and because it tends to public economy.