He was ignorant, but a lot of people mistook ignorance for stupidity, and knowingness for intelligence.

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.

When you're the most happening person at the party, it's time to leave

Our reactions to events is directly promotional to their importance in our life.

I know that if you don't look for an alternative, Sophos, you certainly won't find one.

To fall asleep in your embrace,Land of our dreams, what bliss,O you our cradle, you our grave,You the new hope we ever crave,Peninsula so beautiful,Finland for aye our all!

Faithful people have always been in a marked minority.

How often does a guy who lives and breathes baseball meet a woman who loves the game and understands it as well as he?

The treatments themselves do not 'cure' the condition, they simply restore the body's self-healing ability.

Let us free all the animals in the zoos to show them that we are not animals!

We talk about defining moments, but I think nothing can define you. They're all refining moments. You're constantly refining yourself and refining your life.

Soldiers who always remain faithful to their nation, who are always prepared to sacrifice their lives, are invincible.