Disciplined governments do not engage in the economic equivalent of binge eating followed by crash dieting.

I think my wife would take objection to any characterization of me as perfect.

As an economist, I'm aware that life is full of trade offs.

In Jamaica, you're never very far away from people who don't have very much, and in Wilmette, pretty much everybody had a lot.

You can actually make a lot of money and do a lot of good in the world. I don't see those things as being in opposition to one another. I never have.

I think that whether you're on the right or on the left as an economist or as a policy maker, every serious analyst I know agrees that at some point you have to deal with entitlements.

Make the best of life while it last, tomorrow is a gift

She drifted down into the water, letting it engulf her body until even her face was underwater. The silence was delicious, just the sound of her own heartbeat in her ears.

We're born alone. We do need each other. It's lonely to really effectively live your life, and anyone you can get help from or give help to; that's part of your obligation.

Eddie Fisher married to Elizabeth Taylor is like me trying to wash the Empire State Building with a bar of soap.

To be a good diarist, one must have a snouty, sneaky mind.

From now on walking is my beer and feeling good is my hangover.

Success and money can really be quite blinding.

Divorces are made in heaven.

Our fears don't stop death, they stop life.

Take care of the cojones and the frijoles will take care of themselves. Try to have getaway money - but don't be fanatic about it.