When moral posturing is replaced by an honest assessment of the data, the result is often a new, surprising insight.

For emotion is the enemy of rational argument.

A woman's income appeal is a bell-shaped curve: men do not want to date low-earning women, but once a woman starts earning too much, they seem to be scared off.

There are three basic flavours of incentive: economic, social and moral.

Is distinctive black culture the cause of economic disparity between whites and blacks or merely the reflection of it?

An expert whose argument reeks of restraint or nuance often doesn't get much attention.

Conventional wisdom in Galbraith's view must be simple, convenient, comfortable and comforting - though not necessarily true.

Journalists need experts as badly as experts need journalists.

All my life I've looked at words as though I were seeing them for the first time.

Some folks never exaggerate-they just remember big.

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.

Theres nothing like reading about a world that feels dead to throw your own beautiful, colorful life into sharp relief.

In my view, the only recourse for a scientist concerned about the social consequences of his work is to remain involved with it to the end.

When I write with Maiden, then I write only with the guys in Maiden, we don't do songs from outside people.

My generation came at a time when photography was advancing by leaps and bounds, creating the impulse to experiment and seek new approaches.

Set stretch goals. Don't ever settle for mediocrity. The key to stretch is to reach for more than you think is possible. Don't sell yourself short by thinking that you'll fail.

In truth, I don't want to be there. I don't want to see the light go out of my brother's eyes.

My favorite parable for living a positive and influential life is the Golden Rule: Do unto others what you would have them do unto you.